This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Genetic relatedness of the mound-building ant Formica pratensis was determined by means of micro-satellite DNA polymorphism, and its impact on ...

The reproductive monopoly of the ant queen is not as strong as is often thought. Dr. Heikki Helanterä and Prof. Lotta Sundström, biologists working at the University of Helsinki, Finland, investigated ...

Insect queens were thought to have an egg-laying monopoly, but nine wood ant species revealed widespread reproductive activity by worker ants. Genetic analysis showed that as many as one in four eggs ...