Open AccessSEX DETERMINATION IN BEES. II. ADDITIVITY OF MALENESS GENES IN APIS MELLIFERA
Author(s) -
José Chaud-Netto
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1093/genetics/79.2.213
Subject(s) - ploidy , biology , genetics , gene , additive function , mahalanobis distance , zoology , statistics , mathematical analysis , mathematics
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 genes are slightly additive.
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