SEX DETERMINATION IN BEES. II. ADDITIVITY OF MALENESS GENES IN APIS MELLIFERA

Twenty-two randomly taken morphological characters were used in order to estimate the Mahalanobis generalized distance between diploid males, diploid workers, haploid males and triploid workers. It was found that adult diploid males are metamales and triploid females are slightly masculinized. These...

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Published inGenetics (Austin) Vol. 79; no. 2; pp. 213 - 217
Main Author Chaud-Netto, Jose
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Genetics Soc America 01.02.1975
Subjects
Alleles
Animals
Bees
Diploidy
Female
Genes
Haploidy
Investigations
Male
Phenotype
Polyploidy
Sex Chromosomes
Sex Determination Analysis
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Summary:Twenty-two randomly taken morphological characters were used in order to estimate the Mahalanobis generalized distance between diploid males, diploid workers, haploid males and triploid workers. It was found that adult diploid males are metamales and triploid females are slightly masculinized. These facts indicate that the maleness genesare slightly additive.
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ISSN:0016-6731
1943-2631
1943-2631
DOI:10.1093/genetics/79.2.213