Cardiocondyla
National Institutes of Health
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The ant genus Cardiocondyla is characterized by wingless, ergatoid males, which in some species replace the typical winged male…
Abstract Male age may directly or indirectly affect the fitness of their female mating partners and their joint progeny. While in…
In haplodiploid insects such as ants, male sexuals develop from unfertilised haploid eggs, while female sexuals and workers…
Size and shape of sperm cells vary tremendously throughout the animal kingdom. The adaptive significance of this variation is not…
11 - Evolutionary, genetic and physiological basis of ageing in social insects, Oral Presentation
Wingless males of the ant genus Cardiocondyla engage in fatal fighting for access to female sexual nestmates. Older, heavily…
Cardiocondyla elegans is a Mediterranean ant that nests on river banks. It rears only wingless (ergatoid) males that live…