Variation in patriline reproductive success during queen production in orphaned colonies of the thelytokous ant Cataglyphis cursor

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2011-2022

  Chéron, Blandine ^a   Monnin, Thibaud ^a   Fédérici, Pierre ^a   Doums, Claudie ^a,b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

parthenogenesis; polyandry; social conflict; social insects; worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79954657388     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05075.x     Document Type: Article

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