Correlations between spatiotemporal changes in gene expression and apoptosis underlie wing polyphenism in the ant Pheidole morrisi

Evolution and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 580-591

  Shbailat, Seba Jamal ^a   Khila, Abderrahman ^a   Abouheif, Ehab ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; APOPTOSIS; COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLDIER CASTE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FORELIMB; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; APOPTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, INSECT; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WING;

FORMICIDAE; PHEIDOLE MORRISI;

EID: 78049477352     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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