Multiple paternity in social Hymenoptera: Estimating the effective mate number in single-double mating populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-587

  Pedersen, J S ^a   Boomsma, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Paternity assignment; Paternity skew; Polyandry; Social insects; Sperm bias

Indexed keywords

PATERNITY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032894514     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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