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. 1977 Jul;86(3):583-96.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/86.3.583.

Estimation of the number of sex alleles and queen matings from diploid male frequencies in a population of Apis mellifera

J Adams, E D Rothman, W E Kerr, Z L Paulino

Estimation of the number of sex alleles and queen matings from diploid male frequencies in a population of Apis mellifera

J Adams et al. Genetics. 1977 Jul.

Abstract

The distribution of diploid males in a population of Apis mellifera was obtained by direct examination of the sexual phenotypes of the larvae. Using these data, estimates are derived for the number of sex alleles and the number or matings undergone by the queen. The number of sex alleles is estimated to be 18.9. The estimate is larger than previous ones, which have ranged between 10 and 12. However, the increase in the number of sex alleles can be explained by the large effective population number for our data. The best estimator of the number of matings by a queen is a maximum likelihood type that assumes a prior distribution on the number of matings. For the data presented here, this estimate is 17.3. This estimate is compared to others in the literature obtained by different approaches.

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