Multiple paternity in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica - A microsatellite DNA study

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 118-126

  Fjerdingstad, Else J ^a,b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Thorén, Peter ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Multiple mating; Polyandry; Relatedness; Social insects; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

LEAF-CUTTING ANT; MICROSATELLITE MARKET; MULTIPLE PATERNITY; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY;

ATTA COLOMBICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031937279     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6882470     Document Type: Article

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