Grupo de Investigación de Ecología Molecular
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Este grupo perteneciente a la Martin Luther University, Martin Luther Universität, Universidad Martin Luther de la ciudad de Halle, Wittenberg, de Alemania ha tenido una labor muy impactante en la apicultura de los últimos años.
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- Prof. Dr. Robin F. A. Moritz; mailto:r.moritz@zoologie.uni-halle.de; Chair of Molecular Ecology
- Prof. Dr. Hans Hinrich Kaatz; mailto:kaatz@zoologie.uni-halle.de; Professor
- Dr. Peter Bliss; mailto:bliss@zoologie.uni-halle.de; Assistant Professor
- Dr. Annegret Stubbe; mailto:stubbe@zoologie.uni-halle.de; Assistant Professor
- Dr. Michael Lattorff; mailto:lattorff@zoologie.uni-halle.de; Postdoc
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BLISS P, KATZERKE A, NEUMANN P (2006): The Role of Molehills and Grasses for Filial Nest Founding in the Wood Ant Formica exsecta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 47: 903-913 pdf-file
CRISTINO AS, NUNES FMF, LOBO CH, BITONDI MMG, SIMÕES ZLP, da FONTOURA COSTA L, LATTORFF HMG, MORITZ RFA, EVANS JD, HARTFELDER K (2006): Caste development and reproduction: a genome-wide analysis of hallmarks of insect eusociality. Ins Mol Biol 15: 703-714
DIETEMANN V, PFLUGFELDER J, HÄRTEL S, NEUMANN P, CREWE RM (2006): Social parasitism by honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.): evidence for pheromonal resistance to host queen’s signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 785-793 The original publication is available here pdf-file
HÄRTEL S, NEUMANN P, KRYGER P, von der HEIDE C, MOLTZER G-J, CREWE RM, van PRAAGH JP, MORITZ RFA (2006): Infestation levels of Apis mellifera scutellata swarms by socially parasitic Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis). Apidologie 37: 462-470 The original publication is available here pdf-file
HÄRTEL S, NEUMANN P, RAASSEN FS, MORITZ RFA, HEPBURN HR (2006): Social parasitism by Cape honeybee workers in colonies of their own subspecies (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Insectes Sociaux 53: 183-193 The original publication is available here pdf-file
HONEYBEE GENOME SEQUENCING CONSORTIUM (2006): Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature 443: 931-949 The original publication is available here pdf-file
KATZERKE A, NEUMANN P, PIRK CWW, BLISS P, MORITZ RFA (2006): Seasonal nestmate recognition in the ant Formica exsecta. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology The original publication is available here pdf-file
KEN TAN, HEPBURN HR, SHAOYU HE, RADLOFF SE, NEUMANN P, XIANG FANG (2006): Gigantism in honeybees: Apis cerana queens reared in mixed-species colonies. Naturwissenschaften The original publication is available here pdf-file
MUERRLE TM, NEUMANN P, DAMES JF, HEPBURN HR, HILL MP (2006): Susceptibility of Adult Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) to Entomopathogenic Fungi. Journal of Economic Entomology 99: 1-6 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SCHARPENBERG H, NEUMANN P, van PRAAGH JP, MORITZ RFA (2006): Reliability of an island mating apiary under routine management. Journal of Apicultural Research 45: 153-154 pdf-file
SCHLÜNS EA, NEUMANN P, SCHLÜNS H, HEPBURN HR, MORITZ RFA (2006): Nestmate recognition and genetic variability among individuals from nests of the queenless ponerine ant, Streblognathus aethiopicus Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). African Entomology 14: 95-102 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SPIEWOK S, NEUMANN P, HEPBURN HR (2006): Preparation for disturbance-induced absconding of Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.) Insectes Sociaux 53: 27-31 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SPIEWOK S, NEUMANN P (2006): Cryptic low-level reproduction of small hive beetles in honey bee colonies. Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World 45: 47-48 pdf-file
WOLF S, BRETTSCHNEIDER H, BATEMAN PW (2006): The predator defence system of an African king cricket (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): does it help to stink? African Zoology 41: 75-80 pdf-file
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KAATZ HH, BECHER M, MORITZ RFA (Eds.) (2005): Bees, ants and termites: applied and fundamental research. International Union for the Study of Social Insects (German speaking section), Halle, 188pp click here to order
KRAUS FB, KOENIGER N, TINGEK S, MORITZ RFA (2005): Temporal genetic structure of a drone congregation area of the giant Asian honeybee (Apis dorsata). Naturwissenschaften The original publication is available here pdf-file
KRAUS FB, KOENIGER N, TINGEK S, MORITZ RFA (2005): Using drones for estimating colony number by microsatellite DNA analyses of haploid males in Apis. Apidologie 36: 223-229 The original publication is available here pdf-file
KRAUS FB, NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA (2005): Genetic variance of mating frequency in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Insectes Sociaux 52: 1-5 The original publication is available here pdf-file
LATTORFF HMG, KRYGER P, MORITZ RFA (2005): Queen developmental time and fitness consequences for queens of clonal social parasitic honeybees (A. m. capensis) and its host A. m. scutellata. Insectes sociaux 52: 238-241 The original publication is available here pdf-file
LATTORFF HMG, MORITZ RFA, FUCHS S (2005): A single locus determines thelytokous parthenogenesis of laying honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis). Heredity 94: 533-537 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, CREWE RM (2005): The interplay of intracolonial genotypic variance and self-organisation of dominance hierarchies in honeybees. In Hemelrijk CK (ed): Self-Organisation and Evolution of Social Behaviour. Cambridge University Press, pp36-49, Cambridge, UK. more information
MORITZ RFA, HÄRTEL S, NEUMANN P (2005): Global invasions of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the consequences for biodiversity. Ecoscience 12: 289-301 pdf-file (Download requires Adobe Reader 7.0)
MORITZ RFA, LATTORFF HMG, NEUMANN P, KRAUS FB, RADLOFF SE, HEPBURN HR (2005): Rare royal families in honeybees, Apis mellifera. Naturwissenschaften The original publication is available here pdf-file
SCHLÜNS H, MORITZ RFA, LATTORFF HMG, KOENIGER G (2005): Paternity skew in seven species of honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis). Apidologie 36: 201-209 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SCHLÜNS H, MORITZ RFA, NEUMANN P, KRYGER P, KOENIGER G (2005): Multiple nuptial flights, sperm transfer and the evolution of extreme polyandry in honeybee queens. Animal Behaviour 70:125-131 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SIMON U, MORITZ RFA, CREWE RM (2005): Reproductive dominance among honeybee workers in experimental groups of Apis mellifera capensis. Apidologie 36: 413-419 The original publication is available here pdf-file
TAN KEN, HEPBURN HR, RADLOFF SE, YU YUSHENG, LIU YIQIU, ZHOU DANYIN, NEUMANN P (2005): Heat-balling wasps by honeybees. Naturwissenschaften The original publication is available here pdf-file
Walter A, Bliss P, Moritz RFA (2005): The wasp spider Argiope bruennichi (Arachnida, Araneidae): ballooning is not an obligate life history phase. J. Arachnol 33: 516-522 The original publication is available here
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BEYE M (2004): The dice of fate: the csd gene and how its allelic composition regulates sexual development in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. BioEssays 26: 1131-1139 The original publication is available here pdf-file
CREWE RM, MORITZ RFA, LATTORFF HMG (2004): Trapping pheromonal components with silicone rubber tubes: fatty acid secretions in honeybees (Apis mellifera). Chemoecology 14 :77-79 The original publication is available here pdf-file
HASSELMANN M, BEYE M (2004): Signatures of selection among sex-determining alleles of the honey bee. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 4888-4893 The original publication is available here pdf-file
HEPBURN R, NEUMANN P, RADLOFF SE (2004): Genetic variation in natural honeybee populations, Apis mellifera capensis. Naturwissenschaften 91:447-450 The original publication is available here pdf-file
HOFFMANN WRE, TORRES A, NEUMANN P (2004): A scientific note on the nest and colony development of the Neotropical bumble bee Bombus (Robustobombus) melaleucus. Apidologie 35:449-450 The original publication is available here pdf-file
KRAUS FB, NEUMANN P, van PRAAGH J, MORITZ RFA (2004): Sperm limitation and the evolution of extreme polyandry in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Behavioral Ecolology and Sociobiolology 55: 494-501 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MEIXNER MD, MORITZ RFA (2004): Clique formation of super-sister honeybee workers (Apis mellifera) in experimental groups. Insect. Sociaux 51:43-47; The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, LATTORFF HMG, CREWE RM (2004): Honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) compete for producing queen-like pheromone signals. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B (Suppl.) 271: S98-S100. The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, NEUMANN P (2004): Differences in nestmate recognition for drones and workers in the honeybee, Apis mellifera (L.). Animal Behaviour 67:681-688 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MÜRRLE T, NEUMANN P (2004): Mass production of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Journal of Apicultural Research 43:144-145 pdf-file
NEUMANN P, ELZEN PJ (2004): The biology of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): Gaps in our knowledge of an invasive species. Apidologie 35: 229-247 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, HÄRTEL S (2004): Removal of small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) eggs and larvae by African honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera scutellata). Apidologie 35: 31-36 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, RITTER W (2004): A scientific note on the association of Cychramus luteus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Apidologie 35: 665-666 pdf-file
PIRK CWW, NEUMANN P, HEPBURN R, MORITZ RFA, TAUTZ J (2004): Egg viability and worker policing in honeybees. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 8649-8651 The original publication is available here pdf-file
RUDESCHKO O, MACHNIK A, DÖRFELT H, KAATZ H-H, SCHLOTT B, KINNE RW (2004): A novel inhalation allergen present in the working environment of beekeepers. Allergy 59: 332-337 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SCHLÜNS H, KOENIGER G, KOENIGER N, MORITZ RFA (2004): Sperm utilization pattern in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56:453-463; The original publication is available here pdf-file
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BEYE M, HASSELMANN M, FONDRK MK, PAGE RE, OMHOLT SW(2003): The gene csd is the primary signal for sexual development inthe honeybee and encodes an SR-type protein. Cell 114:419-429 The original publication is available here
DE LA RÚA P, GALIÁN PJ, SERRANO J, MORITZ RFA (2003): Genetic structure of Balearic honeybee populations based on microsatellite polymorphism. Genetics Selection Evolution 35:339-350 The original publication is available here pdf-file
ELLIS JD, HEPBURN R, DELAPLANE K, NEUMANN P, ELZENPJ (2003): The effects of adult small hive beetles, Aethina tumida(Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), on nests and flight activity of Cape and European honey bees (Apis mellifera). Apidologie 34:399-408. The original publication is available here pdf-file
ELLIS JD, HOLLAND AJ, HEPBURN R, NEUMANN P, ELZEN PJ (2003): Cape (Apis mellifera capensis) and European (Apis mellifera) honey bee guard age and duration of guarding small hive beetles (Aethina tumida). Journal of Apicultural Research 42(3): 32-34. pdf-file
KRAUS B, NEUMANN P, SCHARPENBERG H, VAN PRAAGH J, MORITZ RFA (2003): Male fitness of honeybee colonies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 914-920. The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, PFLUGFELDER J, CREWE RM (2003): Lethal fighting between honeybee queens and parasitic workers (Apis mellifera). Naturwissenschaften 90: 378-381. The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SCHARPENBERG H, LATTORFF HMG, NEUMANN P (2003): A technical note for using microsatellite DNA analyses in haploid male DNA pools of social Hymenoptera. Insectes Sociaux 50: 398-400 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, PIRK CWW, HEPBURN HR, MORITZ RFA (2003) :Spatial differences in worker policing facilitate social parasitism of Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.) in queenright host colonies. Insectes Sociaux 50: 109-112 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, RADLOFF SE, PIRK CWW, HEPBURN HR (2003): The behaviour of drifted Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis): predisposition for social parasitism? Apidologie 34:585-590 The original publication is available here pdf-file
PIRK CWW, NEUMANN P, RATNIEKS FLW (2003): Cape honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis, police worker-laid eggs despite the absence of relatedness benefits. Behavioral Ecology 14:347-352 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SCHLÜNS H, SCHLÜNS EA, VAN PRAAGH J, MORITZ RFA (2003): Sperm numbers in drone honeybees (Apis mellifera) depend on body size. Apidologie 34: 577-584 The original publication is available here pdf-file
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BEYE M, HÄRTEL S, HAGEN A, HASSELMANN M, OMHOLT SW (2002): Specific developmental gene silencing in the honey bee using a homeobox motif. Insect Molecular Biology 11: 527-532 The original publication is available here pdf-file
DE LA RÚA P, GALIÁN PJ, SERRANO J, MORITZ RFA (2002): Microsatellite analysis of non-migratory colonies of Apis mellifera iberica from south-eastern Spain. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 40:164-168 The original publication is available here pdf-file
ELLIS JD, NEUMANN P, HEPBURN HR, ELZEN PJ (2002): Longevity and reproductive success of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) fed different natural diets. Journal of Economic Entomology 95: 902-907 The original publication is available here pdf-file
ELZEN PJ, WESTERVELT D, CAUSEY D, ELLIS J, HEPBURN HR, NEUMANN P (2002): Method of application of Tylosin, an antibiotic for American Foulbrood control, with Effects on Small Hive Beetle(Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Populations. Journal of Economic Entomology 95(6): 1119-1122 The original publication is available here pdf-file
LODESANI M, CRAILSHEIM K, MORITZ RFA (2002): Effect of some characters on the population growth of mite Varroa jacobsoni in Apis mellifera L colonies and results of a bi-directional selection. Journal of Applied Entomology 126: 130-137 pdf-file The original publication is available here
MORITZ RFA (2002): Population dynamics of the Capebee phenomenon: The impact of parasitic laying worker clones in apiaries and natural populations. Apidologie 33:233-244 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, CREWE RM, HEPBURN HR (2002): Queen avoidance and mandibular gland secretion of honeybee workers (Apis mellifera L.) Insectes Sociaux 49: 86-91 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, NEUMANN P (2002): The Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis). From laying workers to social parasites. Apidologie 33:99-100 pdf-file
NEUMANN P, HEPBURN HR (2002): Behavioural basis for social parasitism of Capehoneybees (Apis mellifera capensis). Apidologie 33:165-192 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA (2002): The Cape honeybee phenomenon: the sympatric evolution of a social parasite in real time? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52: 271-281 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, RADLOFF SE, HEPBURN HR (2002): Parasitic Cape bees in the northern regions of South Africa: source of the founder population. South African Journal of Science 98: 404-406 pdf-file
PAGE RE Jr, GADAU J, BEYE M (2002): The Emergence of Hymenopteran Genetics. Genetics 160:375-379
PIRK CWW, NEUMANN P, HEPBURN HR (2002): Egg laying and egg removal by workers are positively correlated in queenright Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis). Apidologie 33:203-211 The original publication is available here; pdf-file
RADLOFF SE, HEPBURN HR, NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA, KRYGER P (2002): A method for estimating variation in the phenotypic expression of morphological characters by thelytokous parthenogenesis in Apis mellifera capensis.Apidologie 33: 129-137 The original publication is available here pdf-file
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DE LA RÚA P, GALIÁN PJ, SERRANO J, MORITZ RFA (2001): Genetic structure and distinctness of Apis mellifera L. populations from the Canary Islands. Molecular Ecology 10: 1733-1742 The original publication is available here pdf-file
DE LA RÚA P, GALIÁN PJ, SERRANO J, MORITZ RFA (2001): Molecular characterization and population structure of the honeybees from the balearic islands (Spain). Apidologie 32:417-427 pdf-file
ELZEN PJ, BAXTER JR, NEUMANNP, SOLBRIG AJ, PIRK CWW, HEPBURN HR, WESTERVELT D, RANDALL C (2001):Behaviour of African and European subspecies of Apis mellifera toward the smallhive beetle, Aethina tumida. Journal of Apicultural Research 40:40-41 pdf-file
HASSELMANN M, FONDRK MK, PAGE RE Jr, BEYE M (2001): Fine scale mapping in the sex locus region of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Insect Molecular Biology 10: 605-608 The original publication is available here
MORITZ RFA, CREWE RM, HEPBURN HR (2001): Attraction and repellence of workers by the honeybee queen (Apis mellifera L.). Ethology 107: 465-477 pdf-file The original publication is available here
NEUMANN P, PIRK CWW, HEPBURN HR, ELZEN PJ, BAXTER JR (2001): Laboratory rearing of small hive beetlesAethina tumida (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Journal of Apicultural Research 40: 111-112 pdf-file
NEUMANNP, PIRK CWW, HEPBURN HR, RADLOFF SE (2001): A scientific note on the natural merger of two honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis).Apidologie 32: 113-114 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, PIRK CWW, HEPBURN HR, SOLBRIG AJ, RATNIEKS FLW, ELZEN PJ, BAXTER JR (2001):Social encapsulation of beetle parasites by Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Naturwissenschaften 88:214-216, 400 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANNP, RADLOFF SE, MORITZ RFA, HEPBURN HR, REECE SL (2001): Social parasitism by honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Escholtz): host finding and resistance of hybrid host colonies. Behavioral Ecology 12:419-428 The original publication is available here pdf-file
PIRK CWW, NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA, PAMILO P (2001): Intranest relatedness and nestmate recognition in the meadow ant Formica pratensis (R.). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49:366-374 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SIMON UE, MORITZ RFA, CREWE RM (2001): The ontogenetic pattern of mandibular gland components in queenless worker bees (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Journal of Insect Physiology 47: 735-738 The original publication is available here pdf-file
WESTERVELT D, CAUSEY D, NEUMANN P, ELLIS J, HEPBURN (2001) Grease patties worsen small hive beetle infestations. American Bee Journal 141: 775-775
2000 Editar sección
BLISS P, KATZERKE A, MORITZ RFA (2000): Formica exsecta NYLANDER, 1846 (Hym., Formicidae) im Müritz-Nationalpark. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 44:238
DE LA RÚA P, SIMON UE, TILDE AC, MORITZ RFA, FUCHS S (2000): MtDNA variation in Apis cerana populations from the Philippines. Heredity 84: 124-130 The original publication is available here pdf-file
ELZEN PJ, BAXTER JR, NEUMANN P, SOLBERG AJ, PIRKCWW, HOFFMANW, HEPBURN HR (2000): Observations on the small hive beetle in South Africa. American Bee Journal 140: 304
HOFFMANN WRE, NEUMANN P, SCHMOLZ E (2000): Technique for rearing the European hornet (Vespa crabro) through an entire colony life cycle in captivity. Insectes Sociaux 47:351-353 The original publication is available here pdf-file
KRYGER P, KRYGER U, MORITZ RFA (2000): Genotypical variability for the tasks of water collecting and scenting in a honey bee colony. Ethology 106: 769-779 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, CREWE RM, HEPBURN HR (2000): Clustering of related workers in the honeybee colony (Apis mellifera L.): adaptive process or inevitable pattern? Apidologie 31:223-233 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SIMON UE, CREWE RM(2000): Pheromonalcontest between honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis). Naturwissenschaften87: 395-397 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANNP, HEPBURN HR, RADLOFF SE (2000): Modes of worker reproduction,reproductive dominance and brood cell construction in queenlesshoneybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies. Apidologie 31:479-486 The original publication is available here; pdf-file
NEUMANN P, KOENIGER N, KOENIGER G, TINGEK S, KRYGER P, MORITZ RFA (2000): Home-site fidelity in migratory honeybees. Nature 406: 474-475; The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA (2000):Testing genetic variance hypotheses for the evolution of polyandry in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Insectes sociaux 47:271-279 The original publication is available here pdf-file
NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA, MAUTZ D (2000): Colony evaluation is not affected by drifting of drone and worker honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) at a performance testing apiary. Apidologie 31: 67-79 The original publication is available here pdf-file
POLACZEK B, NEUMANN P, SCHRICKER B, MORITZ RFA (2000): A new, simple method for rearing diploid drones in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Apidologie 31: 525-530 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SCHMITZ J, MORITZ RFA (2000): Molecular evolution in social wasps. In: Austin A, Dowton M (eds.) Hymenoptera: Evolution Biodiversity and Biological Control. CSIRO Publishing, Canberra, p82-87 Information
1999 Editar sección
BEYE M, GROHMANN L, POCH A, BURGTORF C (1999): A scientific note on the preparation of high molecular weight DNA from honeybee Apis mellifera L. pupae for PFGE analysis. Apidologie 30: 349-350
BEYE M, HUNT GJ, PAGE RE Jr, FONDRKMK, GROHMANN L, MORITZ RFA (1999): Unusually high recombination rate detected in the sex locus region of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Genetics 153: 1701-1708; The original publication is available here pdf-file
HEPBURN HR, REECE SL, NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA, RADLOFF SE (1999): Absconding in honeybees (Apis mellifera) in relation to queen status and mode of worker reproduction. Insectes Sociaux 46:323-326 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, KRYGER P, ALLSOPP MH(1999): Lack of worker policing in the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis). Behaviour 136: 1079-1092 The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, PAGE RE Jr (1999): Behavioral threshold variability: costs and benefits in insect societies. In: Detrain CJ, Pasteels J, Deneubourg J (eds.) Information Processing in Social Insects. Birkhäuser, Basel, pp 203-215 Information pdf-file
NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA, MAUTZ D (1999): Using DNA microsatellites for maternity testing in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Apidologie 30: 505-512 pdf-file
NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA, VAN PRAAGH JP (1999): Queen mating frequency in different types of honey bee mating apiaries. Journal of Apicultural Research 38: 11-18 pdf-file
NEUMANN P, VAN PRAAGH JP, MORITZ RFA, DUSTMANN JH (1999): Testing reliability of a potential island mating apiary using DNA microsatellites. Apidologie 30:257-276; pdf-file
1998 Editar sección
BEYE M, NEUMANN P, CHAPUISAT M, PAMILO P, MORITZ RFA (1998): Nestmate recognition and the genetic relatedness of nests in the ant Formica pratensis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 43: 67-72; The original publication is available here pdf-file
BEYE M, NEUMANN P, SCHMITZOVA J, KLAUDINY J, ALBERTS, SIMUTH J, FELDER M, MORITZ RFA (1998): A simple, non-radioactive DNA fingerprinting method for identifying patrilines in honeybee colonies. Apidologie 29: 255-263; pdf-file
BEYE M, POCH A, BURGTORF C, MORITZ RFA, LEHRACH H (1998): A gridded genomic library of the honeybee (Apis mellifera): A reference library system for basic and comparative genetic studies of a hymenopteran genome. Genomics 49: 317-320 The original publication is available here pdf-file
DE LA RÚA P, MORITZ RFA (1998). Genetic analysis of drones (Apis mellifera L.) with the AFLP technique. Apidologie29: 434-435
FUCHS, S, MORITZ RFA (1998): Evolution of extremepolyandry in the honeybee Apis mellifera L. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45: 269-275; The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, BEYE M, HEPBURN HR (1998): Estimating the contribution of laying workers to population fitness in African honeybees (Apis mellifera) with molecular markers. Insectes Sociaux 45: 277-287 The original publication is available here; pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, FUCHS S (1998): Organization of honeybee colonies: characteristics and consequences of a superorganism concept. Apidologie 29: 7-21 pdf-file
SCHMITZ J, MORITZ RFA (1998): Molecular phylogeny of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) and the evolution of sociality in wasps. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9:183-191 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SCHMITZ J, MORITZ RFA (1998): Sociality and the rate of rDNA sequence evolution in wasps (Vespidae) and honeybees (Apis). Journal of Molecular Evolution 47:606-612 The original publication is available here; pdf-file
1997 Editar sección
BEYE M, NEUMANN P, MORITZ RFA (1997): Nestmate recognition and the genetic gestalt in the mound-building ant Formica polyctena. Insectes Sociaux 44: 49-58 The original publication is available here pdf-file
KRYGER P, MORITZ RFA (1997): Lack of kin recognitionin swarming honeybees (Apis mellifera). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 40: 271-276; The original publication is available here pdf-file
1996 Editar sección
BEYE M, MORITZ RFA, CROZIER RH, CROZIER YC (1996): Mapping the sex locus of the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Naturwissenschaften 83: 424-426; The original publication is available here pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, KRYGER P, ALLSOPP MH (1996): Competition for royality in bees. Nature 384: 31 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, NEUMANN P (1996): Genetic analysis of the drifting of drones in Apis mellifera using multilocus DNA fingerprinting. Ethology 102: 580-590 pdf-file
1995 Editar sección
BEYE M, MORITZ RFA (1995): Characterization of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) chromosomes using repetitive DNA probes and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Journal of Heredity 86:145-150 The original publication is available here pdf-file missing
MORITZ RFA, KRYGER P, KOENIGER G,KOENIGER N, ESTOUP A, TINGEK S (1995): High-degree of polyandry in Apis dorsata queens detected by DNA microsatellite variability. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37: 357-363 The original publication is available here pdf-file
1994 Editar sección
BEYE M, MORITZ RFA (1994): A centromere-specific probe for fluorescence in-situ hybridization on chromosomes of Apis mellifera L. Apidologie 25: 322-326 The original publication is available here missing pdf-file
BEYE M, MORITZ RFA, EPPLEN C (1994): Sex linkage in the honeybee Apis mellifera detected by multilocus DNA-fingerprinting. Naturwissenschaften 81:460-462 The original publication is available here pdf-file
CREWE RM, HEPBURN HR, MORITZ RFA (1994): Morphometric analysis of two southern African races of honeybee. Apidologie 25:61-70 pdf-file
HABERL M, MORITZ RFA (1994): Estimation of intracolonial worker relationship in a honeybee colony (Apis mellifera L.) using DNA-fingerprinting. Insectes Sociaux 41:263-272 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1994): Molecular biology of the honeybee. Advances in Insect Physiology 25: 105-149 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1994): Selection for varroatosis resistance in honeybees. Parasitology Today 10:236-238 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, CORNUET JM, KRYGER P, GARNERY L, HEPBURN HR (1994): Mitochondrial-DNA variability in South African honeybees (Apismellifera L.). Apidologie 25: 169-178 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, HABERL M (1994): Lack of meiotic recombination in thelytokous parthenogenesis of laying workers of Apis mellifera capensis (the Cape honeybee). Heredity 73:98-102; pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, KRYGER P (1994): Self-organization of circadian-rhythms in groups of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 34: 211-215 The original publication is available here; pdf-file
SCHMITZ J, MORITZ RFA (1994): Sequence analysis of the D1 and D2 regions of 28S rDNA in the hornet (Vespa crabro)(Hymenoptera, Vespinae). Insect Molecular Biology 3:273-277 The original publication is available here pdf-file
1993 Editar sección
BEYE M, MORITZ RFA (1993): In situ hybridization of rDNA on chromosomes of the honeybee, Apis mellifera L. Experientia 49: 337-338 pdf-file
BEYE M, RAEDER U (1993): Rapid DNA preparation from bees and %GC fractionation. BioTechniques 14: 372-374 The original publication is available here
MEUSEL MS, MORITZ RFA (1993): Transfer of paternal mitochondrial DNA during fertilization of honeybee (Apis melliferaL.) eggs. Current Genetics 24: 539-543 pdf-file
1992 Editar sección
MEUSEL MS, MORITZ RFA (1992): Mitochondrial DNA length variation in the cytochrome oxidase region of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Apidologie 23: 147-150 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1992): Nourishment and sociality in honeybees. In: Hunt JH, Nalepa CA (eds) Nourishment and the evolution of sociality. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, pp 345-390
MORITZ RFA (1992): Diversity in the Genus Apis. Bookreview. Science
MORITZ RFA, HEISLER T (1992): Super and half-sister discrimination by honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.) in a trophallactic bioassay. Insectes Sociaux 39:365-372 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, JORDAN M (1992): Selection of resistance against Varroa jacobsoni across caste and sex in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L., Hymenoptera: Apidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 16: 345-353 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, MEUSEL MS (1992): Mitochondrial gene frequencies in Africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera L.):Theoretical model and empirical evidence. Journal of EvolutionaryBiology 5: 71-82 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SOUTHWICK EE (1992): Bees as Superorganisms. An Evolutionary Reality. Springer, New York, 395pp
1991 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA (1991): Kin recognition in honeybees: experimental artefact or biological reality? In: Goodman LJ, Fisher RC(eds) The behaviour and physiology of bees. CAB International, Oxon, UK, pp 48-59 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1991): The limitations of biometrical control on pure race breeding in Apis mellifera. Journal of Apicultural Research 30: 54-60 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, KIRCHNER M, CREWE RM (1991): Chemical camouflage of the death head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropus. Naturwissenschaften78: 179-182 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SAKOFSKI F (1991): The role of the queenin circadian rhythms of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 29: 361-366 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SAKOFSKI F, KAINZ D (1991): Circadian rhythms in social groups of the honeybee. In: Binnenbruck H, Richter J(eds) Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen. DARA, Aachen, pp403-408 pdf-file
1990 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA, HILLESHEIM E (1990): Trophallaxis and genetic variance of kin recognition in honey bees, Apis melliferaL. Animal Behavior 40: 641-647 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, HILLESHEIM E (1990): Olfactory discrimination between group odours in honey bees: kin or nestmate recognition?. Insectes Sociaux 37: 90-99 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, MEUSEL MS, HABERL M (1990):Oligonucleotide DNA fingerprinting discriminates super- and half-sisters in honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera L.). Naturwissenschaften 78: 422-424 The original publication is available here
MORITZ RFA, MAUTZ D (1990): Development of Varroa jacobsoni in colonies of Apis mellifera capensis and Apis mellifera carnica. Apidologie 21: 53-58 pdf-file
SCHMITZ J, MORITZ RFA (1990): Mitochondrial DNA variation in social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Experientia 46:1068-1072 The original publication is available here pdf-file
1989 Editar sección
CORNUET JM, MORITZ RFA (1989): Selection theory and selection programmes. In: Moritz RFA (ed) The instrumental insemination of the queen bee. Apimondia, Bucharest, pp 125-141
HILLESHEIM E, KOENIGER N, MORITZ RFA (1989):Colony performance in honeybees (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.) depends on the proportion of subordinate and dominant workers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 24: 291-296 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1989): Colony level and within colony level selection in honeybees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 25: 437-444 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (ed) (1989): The instrumental insemination of the queen bee. Apimondia, Bucharest,176pp
MORITZ RFA, HILLESHEIM E (1989):Genotypic intragroup variance and hoarding behaviour in honeybees (Apismellifera L.). Apidologie 20: 383-390 pdf-file
1988 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA (1988): Group relatedness and kin discrimination in honey bees Apis mellifera L. Animal Behavior 36: 1334-1340 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1988): A re-evaluation of the two-locus model for hygienic behavior in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Heredity 79: 257-262 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1988): Der Hobby-Imker. Falken-VerlagGmbH, Niederhausen, 144pp
MORITZ RFA, CREWE RM (1988): Air ventilation in nests of two African stingless bees Trigona denoiti and Trigonagribodoi. Experientia 44: 1024-1027 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, CREWE RM (1988): Chemical signals of queens in kin recognition of honeybees, Apis mellifera L. Journalof Comparative Physiology A 164: 83-90 pdf-file
1987 Editar sección
HILLESHEIM E, MORITZ RFA (1987): Genetic variance of physiological characters in the Cape honeybee. Journal of Apicultural Research 26: 30-36 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, BRANDES C (1987): Behavior genetics of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). In: Menzel R, Mercer A (eds) Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York,pp 21-35 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, BÜRGIN H (1987): Group response to alarm pheromones in social wasps and the honeybee. Ethology 76:15-26 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, CROZIER RH, PAMILO P (1987):Sociogenetics in insects: introduction. In: Eder J, Rembold H (eds) Chemistry and biology of social insects. Peperny, Munich, pp 331-332 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SOUTHWICK EE (1987): Phenotype interactions in group behavior of honey bee workers (Apis melliferaL.). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 21:53-58 pdf.file
MORITZ RFA, SOUTHWICK EE (1987): Metabolic test of volatile odor labels as kin recognition cues in honey bees. Journalof Experimental Zoology 243: 503-508 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SOUTHWICK EE, HARBO JR (1987): Maternal and pre-eclosional factors affecting alarm behaviour in adult honeybees. Insectes Sociaux 34: 298-307 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SOUTHWICK EE, HARBO JR (1987): Genetic analysis of defensive behaviour of honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera L.) in a field test. Apidologie 18: 27-42 pdf-file
SOUTHWICK EE, MORITZ RFA (1987): Social control of air ventilation in colonies of honey bees, Apis mellifera. Journal of Insect Physiology 33: 623-626 pdf-file
SOUTHWICK EE, MORITZ RFA (1987): Social synchronization of circadian rhythms in honeybees. Physiological Entomology 12: 209-212 pdf-file
1986 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA (1986): Estimating the genetic varianceof group haracters: Social behavior of honeybees (Apis mellifera). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 72: 513-517 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1986): Intracolonial worker relationship and sperm competition in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Experientia 42: 445-448 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1986): Two parthenogenetical strategiesof laying workers in populations of the honeybee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia Generalis 11:159-164 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1986): Comparison of within-family and mass selection in honeybee populations. Journal of Apicultural Research 25: 146-153 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1986): The origins of inbreeding depression in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Bee World 67:157-163 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, HAWKINS CF, CROZIER RH, MACKINLEY AG(1986): A mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in honeybees (Apis mellifera).Experientia 42: 322-324 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SOUTHWICK EE (1986): Analysis of queen recognition by honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.) in a metabolic bio-assay. Experimental Biology 46:45-49 The original publication is available here pdf-file
SOUTHWICK EE, MORITZ RFA (1986): Effects of meteorological factors on defensive behavior of honeybees. International Journal of Biometeorology 31: 259-265 pdf-file
1985 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA (1985): Heritability of the post capping stage in Apis mellifera and its relation to varroatosis resistance. Journal of Heredity 76: 267-270 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1985): The effects of multiple mating on the worker-queen conflict in Apis mellifera. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16: 375-378 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1985): Inzuchteffekte bei Drohnen (Apismellifera L.). Insectes sociaux 32: 104-105
MORITZ RFA, HILLESHEIM E (1985): Inheritance of dominance in honeybees (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 17:87-89 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, KLEPSCH A (1985): Estimating heritabilities of worker characters: a new approach using laying workers of the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Apidologie 16: 47-56 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, SOUTHWICK EE, BREH M (1985): A metabolic test for the quantitative analysis of alarm behavior of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Experimental Zoology 235: 1-5 pdf-file
SOUTHWICK EE, MORITZ RFA (1985): Metabolic response to alarm pheromone in honeybees (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology 31: 389-392 pdf-file
1984 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA (1984): Selection in small populations of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Zeitschrift fürTierzüchtung und Züchtungsbiologie 101:394-400 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1984): Heritabilitaetsschätzungen bei der Honigbiene. 30th Colloq Int Biomet Soc, Dortmund :76-77
MORITZ RFA (1984): The effect of different diluents on insemination success in the honeybee using mixed semen. Journal of Apicultural Research 23: 164-167 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, HAENEL H (1984): Restricted developmentof the parasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni in the cape honeybee Apis mellifera capensis. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie 97: 91-95 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, KAUHAUSEN D (1984): Hybridization between Apis mellifera capensis and adjacent races of Apis mellifera. Apidologie 15: 211-222 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA, KUEHNERT M (1984): Seasonal effects on artificial insemination of honeybee queens (Apis mellifera L.). Apidologie 15: 223-231 pdf-file
1983 Editar sección
BRANDES C, MORITZ RFA (1983): Evaluation of the heritability of learning behaviour of Apis mellifera using the proboscis extension reflex. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft : p258
MORITZ RFA (1983): Homogenous mixing of honeybee semen by centrifugation. Journal of Apicultural Research 22:249-255 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1983): Equilibrium between thelytokous and arrhenotokous parthenogenesis in the honeybee (Apis melliferaL.). In: Engels W (ed) Advances in Invertebrate Reproduction.Elsevier, Amsterdam, p.615
1982 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA (1982): Evolution der Sozietät von Apis mellifera L. Eine Königinnen oder eine Arbeiterinnen Strategie?. Apidologie 13: 74-76; pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1982): Inzuchteffekte auf den Stoffwechsel von Drohnen (Apis mellifera carnica). Zeitschriftfür Tierzüchtung und Züchtungsbiologie 99:69-80; pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1982): Maternale Effekte bei der Honigbiene (Apis mellifera L.). Zeitschrift fürTierzüchtung und Züchtungsbiologie 99:139-148; pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1982): Inbreeding effects in flight muscle mitochondria of Apis mellifera L. Revista Brasiliera Genetica 6: 59-70 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1982): Präparatverteilung bei systemischer Therapie von Ektoparasitosen bei Apis mellifera L. Apidologie 13: 127-141 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1982): Enzymatische Inzucht und Alterseffekte in Flugmuskelmitochondrien bei Drohnen (Apis mellifera carnica). Apidologie 13: 343-345 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1982): Selektion in kleinen Populationen der Honigbiene (Apis mellifera). Apidologie 13:345-346 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1982): Evolution of sociality: a queenor a worker strategy? In: Breed M (ed.) The Biology of Social Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, p252
MORITZ RFA, HARLANDER B (1982): Verteilung systemischer Präparate in der Wintertraube der Honigbiene (Apis mellifera L.). Apidologie 13: 343-345 pdf-file
1981 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA (1981): Der Einfluss der Inzucht auf die Fitness der Drohnen von Apis mellifera carnica. Apidologie 12:41-55 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1981): Cytogenetik bei der thelytoken Parthenogenese der Kaphonigbiene (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Apidologie 12: 89-91 pdf-file
MORITZ RFA (1981): Altersabhängige Empfindlichkeit von Varroa jacobsoni Oud. gegen Chlordimeformhydrchlorid. In: Ruttner F (ed.) Diagnose und Therapieder Varroatose. Apimondia, Bucharest, pp. 62-68
MORITZ RFA, KOENIGER N, MAUL V (1981): Verteilung systemisch wirkender Präparate im Bienenvolk (Apis mellifera L.). In: Ruttner F (ed.) Diagnose und Therapie der Varroatose. Apimondia, Bucharest, pp. 25-32 1980
MORITZ RFA (1980): Inzuchteffekte auf enzymatischer Ebene bei Drohnen. Naturwissenschaften 67: 470 pdf-file 1979
1978 Editar sección
MORITZ RFA (1978): Der Einfluss der Inzucht auf die Fitness der Drohnen (Apis mellifera capensis). Apidologie 9:156-158 pdf-file
