• DOI:10.1051/APIDO:19830405
Corpus ID: 86028085

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF REPRODUCTIVE INTERSPECIES ISOLATION OF APIS MELLIFERA L. AND APIS CERANA FABR

@article{Ruttner1983EXPERIMENTALAO,
  title={EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF REPRODUCTIVE INTERSPECIES ISOLATION OF APIS MELLIFERA L. AND APIS CERANA FABR},
  author={F. Ruttner and V. Maul},
  journal={Apidologie},
  year={1983},
  volume={14},
  pages={309-327}
}

F. Ruttner, V. Maul

Published 1983

Biology

Apidologie

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it was observed that interspecific copula resulted in severe injury to the ceraqueen. After instrumental insemination of both melli/era and cerana queens with heterospecific semen, normal fertilization and cleavage of the eggs were observed. During the blastula stage, however, development stopped and finally ended in a complete breakdown. These observations are discussed from the point of view of the evolution of the two aforementioned