Shift in frequency-dependent selection across the life-cycle in obligately interbreeding harvester ant lineages

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-374

  Cahan, Sara Helms ^a   Julian, Glennis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency dependent selection; Genetic caste determination; Hybridogenesis; Pogonomyrmex; Reproduction; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; COLONY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEX RATIO;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX;

EID: 77952742827     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9311-7     Document Type: Article

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