Clocks for sex: Loss of circadian rhythms in ants after mating?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 334-337

  Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a   Lone, Shahnaz Rahman ^a   Goel, Anubhuthi ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LOCOMOTION; QUEEN;

ANT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MATING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

CAMPONOTUS COMPRESSUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 4043175463     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0526-8     Document Type: Article

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