Sperm numbers in drone honeybees (Apis mellifera) depend on body size

By H. Schlüns, E. A. Schlüns, J. V. Praagh, R. Moritz. 2003

120 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/a464de0566d8546dba3535488594cd49674b1819

Citations in the corpus

• Multiple nuptial flights, sperm transfer and the evolution of extreme polyandry in honeybee queens (2005, unknown): “Even given that evolution drives the amount of semen per drone to a maximum, a trade-off with other fitness-related morphological and physiological male traits (e.g. body size, Schlüns et al. 2003; flight navigation, speed and endurance) seems highly probable.”