Enzyme gene variation in five species of bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

1 June 1992

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Vol. 70 (6) , 1263-1266
https://doi.org/10.1139/z92-175

Abstract

Genetic variability at eight enzyme loci was assessed in five bumble bee species from southern Ontario: Bombus affinis Cresson, B. fervidus (Fabricius), B. bimaculatus Cresson, B. impatiens Cresson, and B. vagans Smith. Average expected heterozygosity (H_exp ± SE) across all species was 0.089 ± 0.023 (range 0.046–0.139). These values are higher than any previously reported estimates of average expected heterozygosities for bumble bees.

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ENZYME

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