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11013882

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
In Acanthomyrmex ferox, two distinct egg-types are produced: reproductive eggs that give rise to offspring and trophic eggs that serve to distribute nutrients. Queens lay both reproductive and trophic eggs, while major and minor workers lay only trophic eggs in the presence of the queen. The queen lays on average 17% of the trophic eggs in a colony, while majors and minors produce 42% and 41%, respectively. The large proportion of trophic egg production by the queen and soldiers is quite remarkable, since ant queens are expected to focus entirely on reproduction and majors, which have a defensive function in many species, to be sterile.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0028-1042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Queens and major workers of Acanthomyrmex ferox redistribute nutrients with trophic eggs.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan. bgobin@biologie.uni-erlangen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't