Sperm parasitism in ants: Selection for interspecific mating and hybridization

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2148-2159

  Umphrey, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acanthomyops; Ants; Cleptogamy; Dispersal polymorphism; Hybridization; Hybridogenesis; Lasius; Mating strategies; Mixed ESS; Sperm parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; EUSOCIALITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITISM; POLYMORPHISM; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM;

ANIMAL; ANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACANTHOMYOPS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS;

EID: 33748556875     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2148:SPIASF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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