Genetic constraints on dishonesty and caste dimorphism in an ant

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-170

  Holman, Luke ^a,c   Linksvayer, Timothy A ^a,d   D'Ettorre, Patrizia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fertility signal; Handicap; Index; Lasius niger; Queen pheromone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; SEX PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ALKANE; ANT; CASTE; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; CUTICLE; DIMORPHISM; FERTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; HYDROCARBON; PHEROMONE; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FERTILITY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYDROCARBONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 84873051395     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668828     Document Type: Article

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