Ants

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Ward, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645876803     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.054     Document Type: Short Survey

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