Evolutionary transition from single to multiple mating in fungus-growing ants

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1819-1825

  Villesen, P ^a   Gertsch, P J ^b   Frydenberg, J ^a   Mueller, U G ^c   Boomsma, J J ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attine ants; Fungus growing ants; Microsatellite markers; Multiple mating; Paternity relatedness

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC MARKER; MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FUNGI; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0033227967     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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