Oligogyny by unrelated queens in the carpenter ant, Camponotus ligniperdus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-33

  Gadau, Jürgen ^a,d   Gertsch, Pia J ^b   Heinze, Jürgen ^c   Pamilo, Pekka ^b   Hölldobler, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Camponotus ligniperdus; DNA fingerprinting; Microsatellites; Oligogyny

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE DNA; OLIGOGYNY; PLEOMETROSIS; POLYGYNY;

ANT; COEXISTENCE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION;

CAMPONOTUS LIGNIPERDUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031775411     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050511     Document Type: Article

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