Microsatellites reveal clonal structure of populations of the thelytokous ant Platythyrea punctata (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera; Formicidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1497-1507

  Schilder, K ^a   Heinze, J ^b   Gross, R ^a   Holldobler B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross species amplification; Microsatellites; Population genetics; Social insects; Thelytokous parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLONAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIANCE; GENOME LIBRARY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUERTO RICO;

PLATYTHYREA PUNCTATA;

EID: 0032696477     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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