Evaluating the role of reproductive constraints in ant social evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1540, 2010, Pages 617-630

  Khila, Abderrahman ^a   Abouheif, Ehab ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ants; Development; Evo devo; Germ cells; Reproduction; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GERM CELL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 76749163724     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0257     Document Type: Article

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