Chemical communication in Ropalidia marginata: Dufour's gland contains queen signal that is perceived across colonies and does not contain colony signal

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-284

  Mitra, Aniruddha ^a   Saha, Paromita ^a   Chaoulideer, Maximilian Elihu ^a   Bhadra, Anindita ^a,c   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Dufour's gland; Nestmate discrimination; Queen pheromone; Ropalidia marginata

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; COLONY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUSOCIALITY; MIMICRY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; SIGNAL; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INDIA; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 78651423536     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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