Fersch, R and Buschinger, A and Heinze, J (2000) Queen polymorphism in the Australian ant Monomorium sp.10. INSECTES SOCIAUX, 47 (3). pp. 280-284. ISSN 0020-1812,
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The Australian ant Monomorium sp.10 exhibits a queen polymorphism with initially winged gynomorphs and wingless intermorphs. Female sexuals eclosing from brood produced by a gynomorphic queen are always winged, whereas offspring of intermorphic queens consists of both winged and wingless female sexuals. The exchange of brood between colonies suggests that queen morph is determined either genetically or by a maternal effect. We discuss the occurrence of genetically based queen polymorphism in ants and its ecological significance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE; DISPERSAL STRATEGIES; ERGATOID QUEENS; HYMENOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INTERCASTES; DIMORPHISM; BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; FEMALES; queen polymorphism; wing reduction; dispersal; Monomorium |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 May 2021 14:25 |
| Last Modified: | 17 May 2021 14:25 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/42966 |
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