Behavioural interactions selecting for symmetry and asymmetry in sexual reproductive systems of eusocial species

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1167-1198

  Witting, Lars ^a  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Eusocial; Hymenoptera; Life history; Sex ratio; Sexual asymmetry; Sexual reproduction; Termites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLOIDIES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 34248651814     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9112-x     Document Type: Article

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