Not only cuticular lipids: First evidence of differences between foundresses and their daughters in polar substances in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Dapporto, Leonardo ^a   Lambardi, Duccio ^a   Turillazzi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caste signal; Cuticular peptides; MALDI TOF; Paper wasps; Polistes

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; INSECT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HYDROCARBON; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INSECT PROTEINS; ITALY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 38149069541     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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