Colony kin structure and male production in Dolichovespula wasps

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1003-1010

  Foster, Kevin R ^a,d   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a   Gyllenstrand, Niclas ^b   Thorén, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolichovespula; Kin selection; Paternity; Relatedness; Social insects; Vespinae

Indexed keywords

COLONY; EGG PRODUCTION; MALE PRODUCTION; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PATERNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS;

DOLICHOVESPULA; DOLICHOVESPULA MACULATA; DOLICHOVESPULA MEDIA; DOLICHOVESPULA NORWEGICA; DOLICHOVESPULA SAXONICA; DOLICHOVESPULA SYLVESTRIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE; VESPULA;

EID: 0035043530     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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