Polyandry in two South American harvester ants

Although monandry (single mating) is the ancestral state in social hymenopteran insects, effective mating frequencies greater than 2 have been confirmed for a fair amount of ant species: Cataglyphis cursor, the leaf-cutters of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, army ants of the genera Eciton, Dorylus,...

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Published in:	Insectes sociaux Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 91 - 97
Main Authors:	Pol, R. G, de Casenave, J. Lopez, Feldhaar, H, Milesi, F. A, Gadau, J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel Basel : SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 01-02-2008 SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel Springer
Subjects:	Acromyrmex Animal ethology Atta Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Cataglyphis cursor Dorylus Entomology Formicidae Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Life Sciences mating frequency microsatellite repeats Monte desert Pogonomyrmex Pogonomyrmex inermis Pogonomyrmex pronotalis polyandry Protozoa. Invertebrata Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Research Article South America Argentina America microsatellites mating frequency Monte desert polyandry Ants Formicidae Insecta Sexual behavior Multiple mating Social insect Formicoidea Arthropoda Microsatellite DNA Pogonomyrmex inermis Polyandry Hymenoptera Invertebrata Pogonomyrmex pronotalis Aculeata
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