Social parasitism by male-producing reproductive workers in a eusocial insect

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6999, 2004, Pages 557-560

  Lopez Vaamonde, Carlos ^a   Koning, J Will ^a   Brown, Ruth M ^a   Jordan, William C ^a   Bourke, Andrew F G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

EUSOCIAL INSECTS; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

BIODIVERSITY;

EUSOCIALITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; EGG; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARASITES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 3242890539     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02769     Document Type: Article

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