Regulation of cuticular and postpharyngeal hydrocarbons in the slave-making ant Polyergus rufescens: effect of Formica rufibarbis slaves

The purpose of this study was to compare cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of slave-making Polyergus rufescens ants reared alone or with their Formica rufibarbis slaves. Chemical analyses showed that due to the close contacts occurring when the Formica were tending the Polyergus, the synthesis of the c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of insect physiology 2004-04, Vol.50 (4), p.285-293
Hauptverfasser:	Bonavita-Cougourdan, Annie, Provost, Erick, Riviere, Germaine, Bagneres, Anne-Genevieve, Dusticier, Georges
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	age age differences Age Factors animal glands Animals ant cohabitation Ants - growth & development Ants - metabolism Ants - physiology biosynthesis chemical composition chemical ecology Chromatography, Gas Cuticular hydrocarbon profile cuticular hydrocarbons Exocrine Glands - chemistry Exocrine Glands - metabolism Formica Formica rufibarbis Formicidae hydrocarbons Hydrocarbons - analysis Hydrocarbons - chemistry Hydrocarbons - metabolism insect behavior insect colonies insect cuticle Insect Proteins - chemistry Insect Proteins - metabolism insect sociobiology mixed colonies Naturally mixed colony Nesting Behavior - physiology Polyergus rufescens Postpharyngeal gland mixture postpharyngeal glands Principal Component Analysis Slave-making ants social parasitism Time Factors worker insects
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