Irregular brood patterns and worker reproduction in social wasps

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1011-1014

  Kovacs, Jennifer L ^a   Goodisman, Michael A D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA microsatellite marker; Hymenoptera; Polyandry; Social insect; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; COLONY; DNA; EGG PRODUCTION; GENOTYPE; KIN SELECTION; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PROGENY; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION; VESPULA MACULIFORM; VESPULA SQUAMOSA; WASP; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPULA; VESPULA MACULIFRONS; VESPULA SQUAMOSA;

EID: 36348971688     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0283-6     Document Type: Article

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