Morphometric analysis of the brain in the castes of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) during postembryonic development

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 627-632

  Soares, Paula Andréa Oliveira ^a   Serrão, José Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

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