The metapleural gland of ants

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 774-791

  Yek, Sze Huei ^a,b   Mueller, Ulrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic secretion; Ants; Chemical defence; Evolution; Metapleural gland; Recognition odour; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MALE;

FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEXAPODA; MYRMICINAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 80053963598     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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