Selection against Aerial Dispersal in Ants: Two Non-Flying Queen Phenotypes in Pogonomyrmex laticeps

The South American seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex laticeps has dimorphic queens: ergatoid (permanently wingless) and brachypterous (short, non-functional wings). Surveys in western Argentina indicated that colonies near Chilecito, La Rioja Province, produced only ergatoid queens, while those near P...

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Autores principales: Peeters, Christian, Keller, Roberto A., Johnson, Robert A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3479134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23110094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047727

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3479134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23110094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047727

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