Male parentage does not vary with colony kin structure in a multiple-queen ant

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 446-455

  Hammond, R L ^a,c   Bruford, M W ^b   Bourke, A F G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Kin selection; Male parentage; Microsatellite; Relatedness; Sex allocation; Social insect; Split sex ratio; Worker policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANT; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM;

EID: 0038560941     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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