Size and asymmetry: Are there costs to winning the royalty race?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 522-531

  Mitchell, R E ^a   Frost, C L ^a   Hughes, W O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Caste determination; Fluctuating asymmetry; Social insect

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLOMETRY; ANT; ASYMMETRY; BODY SIZE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT; STABILIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PANAMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WING;

ACROMYRMEX ECHINATIOR; ATTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857055405     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02444.x     Document Type: Article

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