A mechanical signal biases caste development in a social wasp

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-235

  Suryanarayanan, Sainath ^a   Hermanson, John C ^b   Jeanne, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STIMULATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; LARVA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; WASPS;

POLISTES; POLISTES FUSCATUS;

EID: 79651473660     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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