Facultative use of thelytokous parthenogenesis for queen production in the polyandrous ant Cataglyphis cursor

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1431-1444

  Doums, C ^a,b   Cronin, A L ^c   Ruel, C ^d   Federici P ^a   Haussy, C ^a   Tirard, C ^a   Monnin, T ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolution of sex; Paternity bias; Polyandry; Queen quality; Social insects; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT; THELYTOKY; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION OF SEX; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATERNITY BIAS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYANDRY; QUEEN QUALITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECTS; WORKER REPRODUCTION;

EVOLUTION OF SEX; PATERNITY BIAS; POLYANDRY; QUEEN QUALITY; SOCIAL INSECTS; WORKER REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; FRANCE; INBREEDING; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84880703693     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12142     Document Type: Article

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