Male parentage in army ants

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1147-1151

  Kronauer, Daniel J C ^a   Schöning, Caspar ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dorylinae; Dorylus (Anomma) molestus; Eusociality; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Reproductive conflict; Worker policing; Worker sterility

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DORYLINAE; DORYLUS MOLESTUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33645031015     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02850.x     Document Type: Article

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