Genetic differentiation between two host "races" and two species of cleptoparasitic bees and between their two hosts.

doi:10.1007/BF00557948

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Genetic differentiation between two host "races" and two species of cleptoparasitic bees and between their two hosts.

Biochemical genetics - 1 Apr 1995

Packer L, Dzinas A, Strickler K, Scott V

Abstract excerpt

In this paper we test the following two hypotheses: (1) that apparently conspecific samples of the cleptoparasitic bee Coelioxys funeraria, differing markedly in size and reared from different host species, do indeed represent one panmictic population; (2) that bees that nest in holes in wood or...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Bees
Behavior, Animal
Body Constitution
Electrophoresis
Female
Gene Frequency
Genes, Insect
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Heterozygote
Nesting Behavior
Polymorphism, Genetic

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