Genetic structure and evolution of a fire ant hybrid zone

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1958-1976

  Shoemaker, D Dewayne ^a,c   Ross, Kenneth G ^a,b   Arnold, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Rochester ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ants; hybrid fitness; hybridization; mosaic hybrid zone; Solenopsis invicta; Solenopsis richteri

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI; HYMENOPTERA;

FIRE ANT; FITNESS; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; HYBRID ZONE;

USA, ALABAMA; USA, GEORGIA; USA, MISSISSIPPI;

EID: 0029659220     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03583.x     Document Type: Article

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