Characterization of microsatellite loci in the queenless Ponerine ant Diacamma cyaneiventre

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1957-1959

  Doums, Claudie ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cross amplification; Diacamma; Microsatellites; Queenless ants; Social insects

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033227968     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00778.x     Document Type: Note

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