Queen mating frequencies and genetic relatedness between workers in the hornet Vespa ducalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 481-486

  Takahashi, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Akimoto, Shin Ichi ^a   Hasegawa, Eisuke ^a   Nakamura, Jun ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mating number; Microsatellites; Relatedness; Vespa ducalis; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPA; VESPA DUCALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036391602     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.481     Document Type: Article

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