Genetic components to caste allocation in a multiple-queen ant species

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2907-2915

  Libbrecht, Romain ^a   Schwander, Tanja ^b   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caste determination; Linepithema humile; Queen specialization; Sex ratio; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MATERNAL EFFECT; PATERNAL EFFECT; QUEEN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 80053439776     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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