Biopsied preblastoderm honeybee embryos develop into normal honeybee queens
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Asexually produced Cape honeybee queens (Apis mellifera capensis) reproduce sexually.
Unmated workers of the Cape honeybee Apis mellifera capensis can produce female offspring including daughter queens. As worker-laid queens are produced asexually, we wondered whether these asexually produced individuals reproduce asexually or sexually. We sampled 11 colonies headed by queens known to be the clonal offspring of workers and genotyped 23 worker offspring from each queen at 5 micro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Apidologie
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0044-8435
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980607