Apoptotic wing degeneration and formation of an altruism-regulating glandular appendage (gemma) in the ponerine ant Diacamma sp. from Japan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae)

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-77

  Gotoh, A ^a   Sameshima, S ^a   Tsuji, K ^b   Matsumoto, T ^a   Miura, T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caste differentiation; Gemma; Gland cell differentiation; Wing disc

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; JAPAN; LARVA; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THORAX; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; WING;

DIACAMMA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PONERINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 14544296306     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0456-7     Document Type: Article

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