Aggression by polyembryonic wasp soldiers correlates with kinship but not resource competition

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7000, 2004, Pages 676-679

  Giron, David ^a   Dunn, Derek W ^b   Hardy, Ian C W ^b   Strand, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; COMPETITION; CORRELATION METHODS; GENES;

AGGRESSION; KIN SELECTION THEORY;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGGRESSION; CASTE SYSTEM; KINSHIP; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPETITION; COPIDOSOMA FLORIDANUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; KIN SELECTION; LARVA; MALE STERILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WASP; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEREDITY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARACHNIDA; COPIDOSOMA FLORIDANUM; ENCYRTIDAE; HEXAPODA; VESPIDAE;

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; LARVA; MALE; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; WASPS;

EID: 3943071800     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02721     Document Type: Article

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