Brood sex ratio determination by flow cytometry in ants

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-475

  Aron, Serge ^a   De Menten, Ludivine ^a   Van Bockstaele, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Flow cytometry; Haplodiploidy; Hymenoptera; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0042876892     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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