Sociogenomics of Cooperation and Conflict during Colony Founding in the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Manfredini, Fabio ^a   Riba Grognuz, Oksana ^b   Wurm, Yannick ^b,d   Keller, Laurent ^b   Shoemaker, DeWayne ^c   Grozinger, Christina M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; INSECT GENETICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; QUEEN (INSECT); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES HABITAT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884631486     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003633     Document Type: Article

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