Male reproductive fitness and queen polyandry are linked to variation in the supergene Gp-9 in the fire ant solenopsis invicta

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1741, 2012, Pages 3217-3222

  Lawson, Lucinda P ^a   Vander Meer, Robert K ^a   Shoemaker, DeWayne ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflicting selection; Facultative polyandry; Solenopsis invicta; Supergene

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANT; EUSOCIALITY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; MALE; POLYANDRY; POLYMORPHISM; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 84863867416     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0315     Document Type: Article

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