Heritabilities of honey-bee alarm pheromone production

Heritabilities of honey-bee alarm pheromone production

Honey-bee queens (Apis mellifera L.) were mated to single drones from either European (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) or Africanized (Maturin, Monagas, Venezuela) honey-bee colonies. Stings and heads from worker-bee offspring of these matings were collected in methylene chloride and later analyzed by...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of heredity 1987-01, Vol.78 (1), p.29-31
Hauptverfasser: Collins, A.M, Brown, M.A, Rinderer, T.E, Harbo, J.R, Tucker, K.W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR
ALARM PHEROMONES
Animals
Apidae
APIS MELLIFERA
Biochemistry. Physiology. Immunology
Biological and medical sciences
BIOTIPOS
BIOTYPE
BIOTYPES
Classical genetics, quantitative genetics, hybrids
COLONY DEFENCE
COMPORTAMIENTO AGRESIVO
COMPORTEMENT AGRESSIF
FEROMONAS
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
GENETICA
GENETICS
Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution
GENETIQUE
HEREDABILIDAD
HERITABILITE
HERITABILITY
Insecta
Invertebrata
Invertebrates
PHEROMONES
Physiology. Development
STINGING
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Zusammenfassung:Honey-bee queens (Apis mellifera L.) were mated to single drones from either European (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) or Africanized (Maturin, Monagas, Venezuela) honey-bee colonies. Stings and heads from worker-bee offspring of these matings were collected in methylene chloride and later analyzed by gas chromatograph for 12 sting-associated alarm pheromones. Heritability values of 0.48 to 1.98 were estimated for 10 of the pheromones. Two were not estimable due to negative variance components. Genetic correlations were significant and positive between all sting pheromones except octyl acetate, Indicating common genetic regulation. Octyl acetate was genetically correlated with 2-heptanone produced by the mandibuiar glands.
ISSN:0022-1503
1465-7333
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110302