Regulation of reproduction in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata: On the trail of the queen pheromone

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-431

  Bhadra, Anindita ^a   Mitra, Aniruddha ^a   Deshpande, Sujata A ^a   Chandrasekhar, Kannepalli ^a   Naik, Dattatraya G ^c   Hefetz, Abraham ^d   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dufour's gland; Potential queen; Queen pheromone; Reproductive monopoly; Ropalidia marginata

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUSOCIALITY; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; PHEROMONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; OVIPARITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; OVIPARITY; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 77952298086     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9770-x     Document Type: Article

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