Density of mushroom body synaptic complexes limits intraspecies brain miniaturization in highly polymorphic leaf-cutting ant workers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1785, 2014, Pages

  Groh, Claudia ^a   Kelber, Christina ^a,b   Grübel, Kornelia ^a   Rössler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atta vollenweideri; Microglomeruli; Mushroom body; Olfaction; Polymorphism; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; BRAIN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LABOR DIVISION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLFACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; SIZE; WORKER CASTE;

ADULT; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902665748     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0432     Document Type: Article

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