Phenotypic plasticity in number of glomeruli and sensory innervation of the antennal lobe in leaf-cutting ant workers (A. vollenweideri)

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 222-234

  Kelber, Christina ^a   Rössler, Wolfgang ^a   Kleineidam, Christoph Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Olfaction; Polyphenism; Sensilla basiconica; Sensilla trichodea curvata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; STAINING;

EID: 77649140812     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20782     Document Type: Article

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