Dioecy and the evolution of sex ratios in ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1664, 2009, Pages 2125-2132

  Wiernasz, Diane C ^a   Cole, Blaine J ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Dioecy; Sex allocation; Split sex ratios

Indexed keywords

ANT; DIOECY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GENETIC VARIATION; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION;

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIOECY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT SOCIETY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 66149166063     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0047     Document Type: Article

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