Proximate mechanisms of male morph determination in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior

Evolution and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-272

  Schrempf, Alexandra ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOPRENE;

ANT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; JUVENILE; LARVA; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METHOPRENE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WING;

CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33646671231     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2006.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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