Mating frequency, colony size, polyethism and sex ratio in fungus-growing ants (Attini)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 276-284

  Murakami, T ^a   Higashi, Seigo ^b   Windsor, Donald ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Attini; CAP PCR DNA fingerprinting; Polyandry; Polyethism

Indexed keywords

ATTINI; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MATING; POLYANDRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO;

ANT; COLONY; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0033824679     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000243     Document Type: Article

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