Direct, maternal, and sibsocial genetic effects on individual and colony traits in an ant

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2552-2561

  Linksvayer, Timothy A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste ratio; Indirect genetic effects; Kin selection; Queen worker conflict; Sex ratio; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONIAL ORGANISM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; KIN SELECTION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; TEMNOTHORAX CURVISPINOSUS;

EID: 33846883508     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/06-011.1     Document Type: Article

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