Low paternity in the hornet Vespa crabro indicates that multiple mating by queens is derived in vespine wasps

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 252-257

  Foster, Kevin R ^a   Seppä, Perttu ^b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a   Thorén, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA microsatellites; Non detection; Paternity; Relatedness; Vespa

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; VESPA CRABRO; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032883233     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050617     Document Type: Article

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