Inter-genomic sexual conflict drives antagonistic coevolution in harvester ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1797, 2014, Pages

  Herrmann, Michael ^a   Cahan, Sara Helms ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic coevolution; Hybridization; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTAGONISM; COEVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENOMICS; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

FORMICIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84908389379     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1771     Document Type: Article

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