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Division of labour among worker honey bees homozygous and heterozygous for the mutant allele chartreuse-limão (chli)

Rosana de AlmeidaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Genética, AV Bandeirantes, 3900 CEP 14049-900, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil
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Ademilson Espencer Egea SoaresUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Genética, AV Bandeirantes, 3900 CEP 14049-900, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil
Pages 255-259 | Received 28 Jan 1998, Accepted 03 Jul 1998, Published online: 24 Mar 2015

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