Clonal structure affects the assembling behavior in the Japanese queenless ant Pristomyrmex punctatus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 865-869

  Nishide, Yudai ^a   Satoh, Toshiyuki ^a   Hiraoka, Tuyosi ^a   Obara, Yoshiaki ^a   Iwabuchi, Kikuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Pristomyrmex punctatus; Relatedness; Social behavior; Thelytokous parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLONE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRISTOMYRMEX PUNCTATUS;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICINAE; PRISTOMYRMEX PUNCTATUS;

EID: 34548413262     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0267-6     Document Type: Article

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