Genetic compatibility affects queen and worker caste determination

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5901, 2008, Pages 552-

  Schwander, Tanja ^a,b   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; QUEEN; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL CASTE; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; KIN SELECTION; MATING SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS; POLYPHENISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; ANTS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 54949112842     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162590     Document Type: Article

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