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. 2015 Apr 20;10(4):e0123663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123663

Table 1. Caste-classification results.

  TM1 TM2 GM1 GM2
Queens 37 43 14 14
Intercastes 33 37 51 53
Workers 46 36 51 49

Caste identification in the in vitro reared Apis mellifera, using both traditional morphometrics and geometric morphometrics. TM1 indicates traditional morphometrics, including all information of weight, ovariole number and sizes of head, mandibles basitarsus, and spermatheca size; TM2 indicates traditional morphometrics, excluding the information concerning ovarioles and spermatheca; GM1 indicates geometric morphometrics, including all information of weight, ovariole number and landmarks of head, mandibles, basitarsus, and spermatheca; GM2 indicates geometric morphometrics, excluding the information on ovariole number and spermatheca).