Trinucleotide microsatellite loci for a social wasp, Polistes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-100

  Strassmann, J E ^a   Barefield, K ^a   Solis C R ^a   Hughes, C R ^a,b   Queller, D C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

kin selection; microsatellites; relatedness; sociality; trinucleotide repeats; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; POLISTES; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031051942     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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