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The Journal of Heredity 1988:79(4):257-262
© 1988 The American Genetic Association 79:257-262

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A Reevaluation of the Two-Locus Model for Hygienic Behavior in Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

R. F. A. Moritz

Bayerische Landesanstalt für Bienenzucht and lectures on genetics and zoology at the University of Erlangen/Nurnberg Federal Republic of Germany

Address reprint requests to Dr. Moritz, Privatdozent, Bayerische Landesanstalt fur Bienenzucht, Burgbergstr. 70, 8520 Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany.

Abstract

Hygienic behavior of honeybee workers is determined by two behavioral components, the uncapping and removing of dead brood, that are believed to be determined by one Mendellan segregating locus each. A reevaluation of the data upon which this hypothesis was based revealed, however, that the underlying genetic mechanism may be more complex. For removing behavior more than one locus seems to determine the expression of the phenotype. A three-locus model better fits the original data set; however, other patterns of inheritance of hygienic behavior in honeybees cannot be excluded.


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