Workers select mates for queens: A possible mechanism of gene flow restriction between supercolonies of the invasive Argentine ant

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Sunamura, Eiriki ^a   Hoshizaki, Sugihiko ^a   Sakamoto, Hironori ^b   Fujii, Takeshi ^a   Nishisue, Koji ^a   Suzuki, Shun ^a   Terayama, Mamoru ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a   Tatsuki, Sadahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Biological invasions; Gene flow; Linepithema humile; Reproductive interference; Supercolony

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONY; CUTICLE; FLIGHT; GENE FLOW; HYDROCARBON; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MATE CHOICE; NATIVE SPECIES; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; NUPTIAL GIFT; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

JAPAN;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 79955599921     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0778-z     Document Type: Article

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