The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics in male cardiocondyla ants

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3310-3317

  Oettler, Jan ^a   Suefuji, Masaki ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Male competition; Male diphenism

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANT; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; FIGHTING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CARDIOCONDYLA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77958554926     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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