Social insects: Are ants just wingless bees?

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Danforth, Bryan N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ANT; BEE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; PHYLOGENY; WASPS;

EID: 84889009982     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.026     Document Type: Short Survey

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