Semi-nondestructive genetic sampling from live eusocial wasps, Polistes dominulus and Polistes fuscatus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-22

  Starks, P T ^a   Peters, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; DNA extraction; DNA fingerprinting; Genetic analysis; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASP;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES FUSCATUS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036217511     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8272-4     Document Type: Article

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