Potential cause of lethality of an allele implicated in social evolution in fire ants

Genetica

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-79

  Hallar, Brittan L ^a   Krieger, Michael J B ^b   Ross, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ants; Genetics of adaptation; Gp 9; Lethal allele; Odorant binding proteins; Polygyny; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GP 9 PROTEIN, SOLENOPSIS; GP-9 PROTEIN, SOLENOPSIS; INSECT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMOZYGOTE; LETHAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, LETHAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; INSECT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 34547409303     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-006-9114-5     Document Type: Article

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