When hymenopteran males reinvented diploidy

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 824-827

  Aron, Serge ^a   De Menten, Ludivine ^a   Van Bockstaele, Dirk R ^b   Blank, Stephan M ^c   Roisin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MUSCLES; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDIES;

ALEYRODIDAE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; STERNORRHYNCHA; THYSANOPTERA; XYELIDAE;

EID: 18844370920     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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