How does a honeybee queen avoid inbreeding in her colony?

Matthew Webster and Andreas Wallberg at Uppsala University, have studied recombination in honeybees. Recombination, or crossing-over, occurs when sperm and egg cells are formed and segments of each chromosome pair are interchanged. This process plays an crucial role in the maintanance of genetic variation. Matthew Webster and Andreas Wallberg at the Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, have studied recombination in honeybees. The extreme recombination rates found in this species seem to be crucial for their survival.

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