Wingless virgin queens assume helper roles in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
Curr Biol
.
2012 Sep 11;22(17):R671-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.038.
Authors
Volker Nehring
,
Jacobus J Boomsma
,
Patrizia d'Ettorre
PMID:
22974989
DOI:
10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.038
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
Animals
Ants / physiology*
Behavior, Animal*
Female
Selection, Genetic
Social Behavior*
Wings, Animal*
Grants and funding
BB/G023913/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom