Microsatellites reveal high population viscosity and limited dispersal in the ant Formica paralugubris

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 475-482

  Chapuisat, Michel ^a,b   Goudet, Jérôme ^b   Keller, Laurent ^b  

^a Musée de Zoologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; dispersal; Formica; genetic differentiation; microsatellite; population viscosity; queen number; relatedness; social evolution; social insects

Indexed keywords

FORMICA PARALUGUBRIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POPULATION VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030617973     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02435.x     Document Type: Article

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