Identifying the transition between single and multiple mating of queens in fungus-growing ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1500, 2002, Pages 1541-1548

  Villesen, Palle ^a   Murakami, Takahiro ^a   Schultz, Ted R ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attine ants; Fungus growing ants; Microsatellite markers; Multiple mating; Paternity; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING;

ANT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HYMENOPTERA; MATING; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACROMYRMEX; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; APTEROSTIGMA; ATTA; CYPHOMYRMEX; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYRMICOCRYPTA; SERICOMYRMEX; TRACHYMYRMEX; VESPIDAE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0037036628     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2044     Document Type: Article

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