Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in the tropical plant-ant Cataulacus mckeyi (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 459-461

  Debout, Gabriel ^a   Dalecky, A ^a   Mondor, G ^b   Estoup, A ^b   Rasplus, J Y ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Cataulacus; Formicidae; Microsatellites; Myrmicinae; Plant ant relationship; Social insect

Indexed keywords

CATAULACUS; CATAULACUS MCKEYI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYRMICINAE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036898799     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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