Population genetic structure, worker reproduction and thelytokous parthenogenesis in the desert ant Cataglyphis sabulosa

Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 490-498

  Timmermans, I ^a   Hefetz, A ^b   Fournier, D ^a   Aron, S ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ant; Cataglyphis; Inbreeding; Polyandry; Social organization; Thelytoky

Indexed keywords

ANT; DESERT; FITNESS; POLYANDRY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; THELYTOKY; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS;

CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 56549124730     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.72     Document Type: Article

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