Conflicts and alliances in insect families

Heredity

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 515-521

  Sundstrom L ^a   Boomsma, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Kin selection; Male parentage; Relatedness; Sex ratio; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; HERITABILITY; INSECT GENETICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTRUISM; EVOLUTION; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034875949     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00884.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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