Mechanism of facultative parthenogenesis in the ant Platythyrea punctata

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-89

  Kellner, Katrin ^a,b   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Automixis; Diploid males; Heterozygosity; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANT; APOMIXIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; RECOMBINATION; SEX DETERMINATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; PLATYTHYREA PUNCTATA;

EID: 78650522852     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9382-5     Document Type: Article

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