Clonal reproduction and genetic caste differences in a queen-polymorphic ant, Vollenhovia emeryi

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.5608

Ohkawara, Kyohsuke ; Nakayama, Megumi ; Satoh, Atsumi ; Trindl, Andreas ; Heinze, Jürgen

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Abstract

Most social Hymenoptera are characterized by simple haploid sex determination and environment-based caste differentiation. This appears to be strikingly different in the queen-polymorphic ant Vollenhovia emeryi. Almost all long- and short-winged queens from a population in Central Japan were homozygous at three microsatellite loci, whereas workers were mostly heterozygous, suggesting either a ...