Current status of a model system: The gene Gp-9 and its association with social organization in fire ants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Gotzek, Dietrich ^a   Ross, Kenneth G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GP 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; GP 9 PROTEIN, SOLENOPSIS; GP-9 PROTEIN, SOLENOPSIS; INSECT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANT; ARTICLE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; PHENOTYPE; PLOIDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70450192915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007713     Document Type: Article

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