Thelytokous parthenogenesis by queens in the dacetine ant Pyramica membranifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 725-728

  Ito, Fuminori ^a   Touyama, Yoshifumi ^b   Gotoh, Ayako ^a   Kitahiro, Shungo ^a   Billen, Johan ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shichifuku Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Parthenogenesis; Polygyny; Thelytoky

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; EMERGENCE; FEMALE; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; WING; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; WING;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PYRAMICA MEMBRANIFERA;

EID: 77955517854     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0688-5     Document Type: Article

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