Genetic structure of the first brood of workers and mating frequency of queens in a japanese paper wasp, polistes chinensis antennalis

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-85

  Miyano, S ^a   Hasegawa, E ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Genetic structure; Mating frequency; Polistes chinensis antennalis

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; JAPANESE PAPER WASP; MATING FREQUENCY; RELATEDNESS; WORKER;

POLISTES CHINENSIS; POLISTES CHINENSIS ANTENNALIS;

EID: 0031976987     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522873     Document Type: Article

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