Disruption of gene expression in hybrids of the fire ants Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2488-2501

  Ometto, Lino ^a,d   Ross, Kenneth G ^b   Shoemaker, Dewayne ^c   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^d RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ants; caste; gene expression; hybrids; Solenopsis invicta; Solenopsis richteri

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 84860513096     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05544.x     Document Type: Article

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