GENOTYPIC VARIABILITY IN AGE POLYETHISM AND TASK SPECIALIZATION IN THE HONEY BEE, APIS-MELLIFERA (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE)
GENOTYPIC VARIABILITY IN AGE POLYETHISM AND TASK SPECIALIZATION IN THE HONEY BEE, APIS-MELLIFERA (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE)
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DOI：
10.1007/bf00395694
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发表时间：
1988-01-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
PAGE, RE
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文献类型：
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作者：
CALDERONE, NW;PAGE, RE
目前公认的蜜蜂劳动分工模型，意大利蜜蜂，解释了工人执行特定任务的频率变化，作为年龄和环境差异的结果。虽然有充分的文献记载，但该模型是不完整的，因为它没有考虑到工人之间的基因型变异。我们发现，工人从两个遗传上不同的品系的蜜蜂不同的年龄，他们开始觅食，并在他们觅食花粉的相对频率。这两种品系的工蚁在巢内也表现出显著的空间异质性，这表明它们在巢内执行任务的频率上也存在差异。一个启发式的劳动分工模型，结合基因型的影响。
The currently accepted model for division of labor in honey bees, Apis mellifera, explains variation in the frequency at which workers perform specific tasks as the result of differences in age and environment. Although well documented, the model is incomplete because it fails to take genotypic variability among workers into account. We show that workers from two genetically distinct strains of honey bees differed in the age at which they began foraging and in the relative frequency at which they foraged for pollen. Workers from the two strains also exhibited significant spatial heterogeneity within the nest, suggesting that they differed in the frequency at which they performed within-nest tasks as well. A heuristic model of division of labor that incorporates genotypic effects is presented.