Evolution: Sociality as a Driver of Unorthodox Reproduction

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2012, Pages R525-R527

  Schwander, Tanja ^a   Keller, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NOTE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS;

EID: 84873093067     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.042     Document Type: Short Survey

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