Genetic structure of colonies and a male aggregation in the stingless bee Scaptotrigona postica, as revealed by microsatellite analysis

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-69

  Paxton, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congregation; Meliponinae; Monandry; Polyandry; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLYANDRY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0033996121     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050010     Document Type: Article

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