Informational constraints on optimal sex allocation in ants

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

Volumn 100, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 8799-8804

  Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a,b   Nielsen, Jannie ^b   Sundström, Liselotte ^b,c   Oldham, Neil J ^d,f   Tentschert, Jutta ^d   Petersen, Hans Christian ^e   Morgan, E David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical recognition; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Inclusive fitness; Nepotism; Split sex ratios

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REARING; REPRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; THEORY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; ODORS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICA; FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0042307373     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1430283100     Document Type: Article

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