Polyandry and colony genetic structure in the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 368-378

  Sanetra, M ^a,b   Crozier, R H ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Primitive ants'; Microsatellites; Nestmate relatedness; Nothomyrmecia macrops; Polyandry; Sperm typing

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLYANDRY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034964570     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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