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Heat shock-induced gynandromorphism in the pharaoh's ant,Monomorium pharaonis (L.)

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The ability of ants to reacting to sublethal high temperatures with production of gynandromorphs is reported for the first time. The abnormal forms produced in the pharaoh's ant range from ergatandromorphs to classical halfsidegynanders.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Karl Liebknecht University College of Education, Am Neuen Palais, DDR-1500, Potsdam, Germany

    K. -P. Berndt & G. Kremer

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Thanks are due to Drs V. Rupeš (Prague), and B. Styczýnska (Warsaw) for providing the ant strains mentioned and to Mrs G. Hilzbrich for technical assistance.

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Berndt, K.P., Kremer, G. Heat shock-induced gynandromorphism in the pharaoh's ant,Monomorium pharaonis (L.). Experientia 38, 798–799 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01972277

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