scholarly journals Induction and Evaluation of Inbreeding Crosses Using the Ant, Vollenhovia Emeryi

10.3791/58521 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misato O. Miyakawa ◽  
Hitoshi Miyakawa
Keyword(s):  
Vollenhovia Emeryi

scholarly journals Egg production and caste allocation in the clonally reproductive ant Vollenhovia emeryi

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1005-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misato Okamoto ◽  
Kyohsuke Ohkawara
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Vollenhovia Emeryi

scholarly journals Association between host wing morphology polymorphism and Wolbachia infection in Vollenhovia emeryi (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (16) ◽  
pp. 8827-8837
Author(s):  
Pureum Noh ◽  
Seung‐Yoon Oh ◽  
Soyeon Park ◽  
Taesung Kwon ◽  
Yonghwan Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wolbachia Infection ◽  
Wing Morphology ◽  
Vollenhovia Emeryi

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the myrmicine ant Vollenhovia emeryi (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nian Liu ◽  
Xiao-Yu Duan ◽  
Zeng-Qiang Qian ◽  
Xin-Yue Wang ◽  
Xiu-Ling Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Genome ◽  
Complete Mitochondrial Genome ◽  
Vollenhovia Emeryi

scholarly journals Association between host wing morphology polymorphism and Wolbachia infection in Vollenhovia emeryi (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae)

Authorea ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pureum Noh ◽  
Seung Yoon Oh ◽  
Soyeon Park ◽  
Taesung Kwon ◽  
Yonghwan Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wolbachia Infection ◽  
Wing Morphology ◽  
Vollenhovia Emeryi

scholarly journals Clonal reproduction and genetic caste differences in a queen-polymorphic ant, Vollenhovia emeryi

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyohsuke Ohkawara ◽  
Megumi Nakayama ◽  
Atsumi Satoh ◽  
Andreas Trindl ◽  
Jürgen Heinze
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
Nuclear Dna ◽  
Caste Differentiation ◽  
Paternal Allele ◽  
Social Hymenoptera ◽  
Wasmannia Auropunctata ◽  
Genetic Caste Determination ◽  
Vollenhovia Emeryi ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Caste Differences

Most social Hymenoptera are characterized by simple haploid sex determination and environment-based caste differentiation. This appears to be strikingly different in the queen-polymorphic ant Vollenhovia emeryi . Almost all long- and short-winged queens from a population in Central Japan were homozygous at three microsatellite loci, whereas workers were mostly heterozygous, suggesting either a complex system of genetic caste determination or, more likely, the production of female sexuals from unfertilized eggs by thelytokous parthenogenesis and of workers from fertilized eggs. Furthermore, male genotypes were not compatible with those of the queens and had exclusively the paternal allele found in the sterile, heterozygous workers, probably because males are produced from fertilized eggs after the exclusion of maternal nuclear DNA as recently reported for Wasmannia auropunctata . The genus Vollenhovia might provide an interesting model system to trace the evolution of unusual caste and sex determination systems.

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