Low relatedness among cooperatively breeding workers of the greenhead ant Rhytidoponera metallica

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 564-573

  Chapuisat, M ^a   Crozier, R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Microsatellites; Ponerine ants; Rhytidoponera metallica; Social structure

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS;

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; RHYTIDOPONERA METALLICA;

EID: 0034887860     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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