Genic control of honey bee dance language dialect

Behavioural genetic analysis of honey bee dance language shows simple Mendelian genic control over certain dance dialect differences. Worker honey bees of one parent colony (yellow) changed from round to transition dances for foraging distances of 20 m and from transition to waggle dances at 40 m. W...

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Published in:Theoretical and applied genetics 1995-10, Vol.91 (5), p.727-732
Main Authors: Rinderer, T.E, Beaman, L.D. (United States Dept. of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Baton Rouge, La (USA). Genetics and Physiology Lab. Honey Bee Breeding)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ABEILLE DOMESTIQUE
ABEJA MELIFERA
Animals
Apidae
Apis mellifera
Biological and medical sciences
Classical genetics, quantitative genetics, hybrids
COMMUNICATION ANIMALE
COMPORTAMIENTO
COMPORTEMENT
COMUNICACION ENTRE ANIMALES
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
GENE
GENES
GENETICA
Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution
GENETIQUE
HEREDITE
HERENCIA GENETICA
Hymenoptera
Invertebrata
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Summary:Behavioural genetic analysis of honey bee dance language shows simple Mendelian genic control over certain dance dialect differences. Worker honey bees of one parent colony (yellow) changed from round to transition dances for foraging distances of 20 m and from transition to waggle dances at 40 m. Worker bees of the other parent colony (black) made these shifts at 30 m and 90 m, respectively. F1 colonies behaved identically to their yellow parent, suggesting dominance. Progeny of backcrossing between the F1 generation and the putative recessive black parent assorted to four classes, indicating that the dialect differences studied are regulated by genes at two unlinked loci, each having two alleles. Honey bee dance communication is complex and highly integrated behaviour. Nonetheless, analysis of a small element of this behaviour, variation in response to distance, suggests that dance communication is regulated by subsets consisting of simple genic systems.
ISSN:0040-5752
1432-2242
DOI:10.1007/BF00220950