Mitochondrial markers in the ant Leptothorax rugatulus reveal the population genetic consequences of female, philopatry at different hierarchical levels

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 795-801

  Rüppell, Olav ^a   Strätz, Michaela ^b   Baier, Bernd ^b   Heinze, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative tactics; Colony structure; Local adaptation; Nestmate recognition; Reproductive strategy; Social insects

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPTOTHORAX RUGATULUS;

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARIZONA; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0037350416     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01769.x     Document Type: Article

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