Molecular and social regulation of worker division of labour in fire ants

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 660-672

  Manfredini, Fabio ^a,b   Lucas, Christophe ^c,d   Nicolas, Michael ^d,f   Keller, Laurent ^d   Shoemaker, Dewayne ^e   Grozinger, Christina M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^f CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

division of labour; fire ants; foraging workers; microarrays; queen pheromone; sociogenomics

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVISION OF LABOUR; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FIRE ANTS; FORAGING WORKERS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MICROARRAYS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUEEN PHEROMONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOGENOMICS;

DIVISION OF LABOUR; FIRE ANTS; FORAGING WORKERS; MICROARRAYS; QUEEN PHEROMONE; SOCIOGENOMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84893012488     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12626     Document Type: Article

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