Persistence of the single lineage of transmissible 'social cancer' in an asexual ant

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-455

  Dobata, S ^a,b   Sasaki, T ^b,e   Mori, H ^c,f   Hasegawa, E ^d   Shimada, M ^a   Tsuji, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Fumakilla Ltd   (Japan)

^f JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

cheating; clonal genetic structure; Emery's rule; evolution of cooperation; genetic caste determination; transmissible cancer

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TIME;

ALLELES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

PRISTOMYRMEX PUNCTATUS;

EID: 78751671681     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04954.x     Document Type: Article

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