Direct genetic evidence for local mate competition in ants

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 593-595

  Pedersen, Jes S ^a,b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031797773     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050556     Document Type: Article

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