Are workers of Atta leafcutter ants capable of reproduction?

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-140

  Dijkstra, M B ^a   Boomsma, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dwarf males; Orphaned colonies; Worker infertility; Worker sons; Worker sterility

Indexed keywords

ANT; EGG PRODUCTION; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; INFERTILITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; STERILITY; WORKER CASTE;

ACROMYRMEX; ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; ATTA SEXDENS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33745170061     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0848-3     Document Type: Article

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