Wolbachia is present in Apis mellifera capensis, A. m. scutellata, and their hybrid in Southern Africa
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Inheritance of traits associated with reproductive potential in Apis mellifera capensis and Apis mellifera scutellata workers.
When workers of the thelytokous Cape honeybee, Apis mellifera capensis, come into contact with colonies of the neighboring arrhenotokous subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata, they can become lethal social parasites. We examined the inheritance of 3 traits (number of ovarioles, number of basitarsal hairs, and size of spermatheca) that are thought to be associated with reproductive potential in A...
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عنوان ژورنال: Apidologie
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0044-8435,1297-9678
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002048