Sex at the margins: Parthenogenesis vs. facultative and obligate sex in a Neotropical ant

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-117

  Kellner, K ^a,b   Seal, J N ^a,b   Heinze, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Geographic parthenogenesis; Platythyrea punctata; Ponerinae; Sexual reproduction; Social insects; Thelytoky; West Indies

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANT; EGG; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARGINAL SEA; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; TEXAS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PLATYTHYREA PUNCTATA; PONERINAE;

EID: 84871033934     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12025     Document Type: Article

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