Modification of morphological characters and cuticular compounds in worker ants Leptothorax nylanderi induced by endoparasites Anomotaenia brevis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-178

  Trabalon, Marie ^a   Plateaux, Luc ^a   Péru, Laurent ^b   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^c   Hartmann, Nadine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b 6 Rue Marcel Proust 45000   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Neurobiologie   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Leptothorax; Morphological characters; Parasite Cestoda

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANT; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CUTICLE; HYMENOPTERA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PIGMENTATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANOMOTAENIA BREVIS; CESTODA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX NYLANDERI;

EID: 0033962485     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00113-4     Document Type: Article

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