Otro
Heritability of sting characters in Africanized honeybees
Registro en:
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins, v. 3, n. 2, p. 274-279, 1997.
0104-7930
10.1590/S0104-79301997000200003
S0104-79301997000200003
2-s2.0-0030854437
Autor
Melo, A.
Malaspina, O.
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F.
Resumen
In this paper we proposed to estimate the heritability of seven morphological characters that compose the sting apparatus ofthe Africanized honeybee workers. An experimental design to estimate genetic parameters was based on the method developed by Oldroyd and Moran. This method was modified to eliminate within-colony environmental effects associated with the additive genetic variance. The estimated h2 values ranged from 0.17 ± 0.11 (maximum width of bulb of sting stylet and height of the valve of right lancet) to 0.74 ± 0.30 (length of the lancet).