Investigation of the population genetic structure and mating system in the ant Pheidole pallidula

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1805-1814

  Fournier, Denis ^a   Aron, Serge ^a   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Isolation by distance; Microsatellite data; Polyandry; Polygyny; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA;

EID: 0036715247     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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