Males vs workers: testing the assumptions of the haploid susceptibility hypothesis in bumblebees

Mario X. Ruiz-Gonzalez, Mark J F Brown

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)501-509
Number of pages9
JournalBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Volume60
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2006

Keywords

  • Bombus terrestris
  • Crithidia bombi
  • Social Hymenoptera
  • haploid susceptibility
  • sex differences
  • INTESTINAL TRYPANOSOME PARASITE
  • SOCIAL INSECT COLONIES
  • DISEASE RESISTANCE
  • BOMBUS-TERRESTRIS
  • SEX DETERMINATION
  • IMMUNE DEFENSE
  • INFECTING BUMBLEBEES
  • HOST RECOMBINATION
  • CRITHIDIA-BOMBI
  • EVOLUTION

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