Fluorescence in situ hybridization: A new method for determining primary sex ratio in ants

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1637-1648

  De Menten, L ^a,b   Niculita, H ^c,d   Gilbert, M ^a   Delneste, D ^b   Aron, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal A gene; Egg sex determination; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Formicidae; Primary sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; OVUM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX RATIO;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038717139     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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