Nestmate relatedness and population genetic structure of the Australian social crab spider Diaea ergandros (Araneae: Thomisidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2307-2316

  Evans, Theodore A ^a   Goodisman, Michael A D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Kin selection; Mating system; Migration; Polymorphic allozyme; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; THOMISIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036846166     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01623.x     Document Type: Article

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