Worker reproduction of the invasive yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes

Abstract Background Reproductive division of labor is one of the key features of social insects. Queens are adapted for reproduction while workers are adapted for foraging and colony maintenance. In many species, however, workers retain functional ovaries and can lay unfertilized male eggs or trophi...

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Main Authors: Ching-Chen Lee, Hirotaka Nakao, Shu-Ping Tseng, Hung-Wei Hsu, Gwo-Li Lin, Jia-Wei Tay, Johan Billen, Fuminori Ito, Chow-Yang Lee, Chung-Chi Lin, Chin-Cheng (Scotty) Yang
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
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Anoplolepis gracilipes
arrhenotokous parthenogenesis
physogastric workers
trophic eggs
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-017-0210-4
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