Colony membership is reflected by variations in cuticular hydrocarbon profile in a Neotropical paper wasp, Polistes satan (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 390-396

  Tannure Nascimento, I C ^a   Nascimento, F S ^a,c   Turatti, I C ^a   Lopes, N P ^a   Trigo, J R ^b   Zucchi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical identity; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Kin selection; Social wasps

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYMENOPTERA; KIN SELECTION; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES SATAN; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 34548281221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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