Complex sociogenetic organization and reproductive skew in a primitively eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum, as revealed by microsatellites

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2405-2416

  Paxton, Robert J ^a   Ayasse, Manfred ^b   Field, Jeremy ^c   Soro, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Halictidae; Matriline; Polyandry; Social Hymenoptera; Usurpation

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LASIOGLOSSUM MALACHURUM;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036847454     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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