Atypical vitellins in ponerine ants (Formicidae: Hymenoptera)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-293

  Wheeler, Diana ^a   Liebig, Jürgen ^b   Hölldobler, Bert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Harpegnathos saltator; Phylogeny; Ponerinae; Vitellin; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANT; ARTICLE; EGG YOLK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0033024485     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00124-3     Document Type: Article

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