Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the red harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 302-303

  Volny, Veronica P ^a   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvester ant; Microsatellite; Pogonomyrmex barbatus; Polyandry; Population structure; Social insect

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036734925     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00243.x     Document Type: Review

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2. Hillis DM, Moritz C, Mable BK (1996) Molecular Systematics, 2nd edn. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA.
3. Toonen R (1997) Microsatellites for ecologists: non-radioactive isolation and amplification protocols for microsatellite markers. Unpublished manuscript. Available from author at http://biogeek.ucdavis.edu/Msats/.