Queen and worker policing in monogynous and monandrous colonies of a primitively eusocial wasp

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2004, Pages

  Saigo, T ^a   Tsuchida, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Male parentage; Polistes chinensis antennalis; Queen policing; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

DNA;

EUSOCIALITY; MONANDRY; MONOGYNY; QUEEN; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WORKER POLICING;

ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; GENOTYPE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES CHINENSIS; POLISTES CHINENSIS ANTENNALIS;

EID: 17044435928     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0238     Document Type: Article

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