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Genetic differences in learning behavior in honeybees (Apis mellifera capensis).
Behavior genetics - 1 May 1991
Brandes C
Abstract excerpt
Workers from colonies of Cape honeybees show marked phenotypic differences in performance in proboscis extension reflex (PER) conditioning. Analysis of these differences using parthenogenetic offspring groups permitted the estimation of genotypic values and revealed a high degree of genetic variability that is evident among related as well as unrelated bees. The results obtained from related groups are of...
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