Thelytokous parthenogenesis and its consequences on inbreeding in an ant

Heredity

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 377-382

  Pearcy, M ^a   Hardy, O ^a   Aron, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Cataglyphis cursor, social organization; Inbreeding; Parthenogenesis; Queen turnover

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; THELYTOKY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; MEIOSIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLOIDY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MEIOSIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLOIDIES;

CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33646365374     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800813     Document Type: Article

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