Determining social and population structures requires multiple approaches: A case study of the desert ant Cataglyphis israelensis.

ABSTRACT: The remarkable diversity of ant social organization is reflected in both their life history and population kin structure. Different species demonstrate a high variation with respect to both social structure and mating strategies: from the ancestral colony type that is composed of a single queen (monogyny), singly inseminated (monoandry), to the more derived states of colonies headed by a multiply inseminated queen (polyandry), to colonies composed of multiple queens (polygyny) that are either singly or multiply inseminated. Moreover, the population structure of an ant species can range from multicoloniality to polydomy to supercoloniality, and Cataglyphis is considered to be a model genus in regard to such diversity. The present study sought to determine the social and population st

SUBMITTER: Reiner Brodetzki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6308896 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature