Are variations in cuticular hydrocarbons of queens and workers a reliable signal of fertility in the ant Harpegnathos saltator?

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

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4124-4131

  Liebig, Jürgen ^a   Peeters, Christian ^b   Oldham, Neil J ^c   Markstädter, Claus ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

13,23 DIMETHYLHEPTATRIACONTANE; HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FERTILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HARPEGNATHOS SALTATOR; INSECTA; SALTATOR;

EID: 0034636093     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.8.4124     Document Type: Article

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