Strict monandry in the ponerine army ant genus Simopelta suggests that colony size and complexity drive mating system evolution in social insects

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 420-428

  Kronauer, Daniel J C ^a   O'Donnell, Sean ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^c   Pierce, Naomi E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

colony fission; eusociality; Formicidae; male parentage; mating frequency; microsatellites

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AENICTINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; DORYLINAE; ECITONINAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; SIMOPELTA;

EID: 78651334036     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04945.x     Document Type: Article

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