Degeneration of sperm reservoir and the loss of mating ability in worker ants

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1041-1048

  Gobin, Bruno ^d   Ito, Fuminori ^b   Billen, Johan ^a   Peeters, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d Zoology Department   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caste; Queen worker dimorphism; Reproductive conflict; Sperm storage; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

ANT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; QUEEN; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPERM; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL CASTE; ANT; ARTICLE; DEGENERATION; EPITHELIUM; GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATHECA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

AMBLYOPONINAE; ECTATOMMINAE; FORMICIDAE; PONERINAE;

EID: 54049139918     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0420-x     Document Type: Article

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