Reproductive conflicts in polyandrous and polygynous ant Formica sanguinea.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05386.x

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Reproductive conflicts in polyandrous and polygynous ant Formica sanguinea.

Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2012

Haapaniemi K, Pamilo P

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The occurrence of multiple reproductives within an ant colony changes the balance between indirect fitness benefits and reproductive competition. We test whether the number of matings by an ant queen (polyandry) correlates negatively with the number of reproductive queens in the colony (polygyny), whether the patrilines and matrilines differ in their contribution to the sexual and worker progeny and whether there...

Topics

Animals
Ants
Female
Genetic Loci
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Male
Marriage
Microsatellite Repeats
Reproduction
Sexual Behavior, Animal

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PMID: 22133095
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05386.x

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