Parentage and sex allocation in the facultatively polygynous ant Myrmica tahoensis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-42

  Evans, Jay D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; DNA fingerprinting; Microsatellite DNA; Myrmica tahoensis; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ANT; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA TAHOENSIS;

EID: 0031735782     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050512     Document Type: Article

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