Suppression subtractive hybridization analysis reveals expression of conserved and novel genes in male accessory glands of the ant Leptothorax gredleri

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Oppelt, Angelika ^a   Humann, Fernanda C ^b   Fuessl, Marion ^a   Azevedo, Sergio V ^b   Marco Antonio, David S ^b   Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Hartfelder, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX GREDLERI; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXOCRINE GLANDS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77956495308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-273     Document Type: Article

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