Social cancer and the biology of the clonal ant Pristomyrmex punctatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 91-99

  Tsuji, Kazuki ^a   Dobata, Shigeto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cheating; Clonal ant; Colony discrimination; Ergatoid queen; Genetic caste determination; Parthenogenesis; Review; Social cancer

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PRISTOMYRMEX PUNCTATUS;

EID: 79958189248     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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