Genetic control of social organization in an ant

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 14232-14237

  Ross, Kenneth G ^a   Keller, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fire ants; Polygyny; Social behavior; Social evolution; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, INSECT; GENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0032564427     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.24.14232     Document Type: Article

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