Mating structure and nestmate relatedness in a communal bee, Andrena jacobi (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), using microsatellites

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-519

  Paxton, R J ^a   Thoren P A ^a   Tengo J ^a   Estoup, A ^b   Pamilo, P ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

bee; communal; inbreeding; microsatellite; relatedness; sociality

Indexed keywords

ANDRENA JACOBI;

EID: 0030210005     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00343.x     Document Type: Article

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