Inbreeding and sex-biased gene flow in the ant Formica exsecta

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1552-1561

  Sundström, Liselotte ^a,b   Keller, Laurent ^a   Chapuisat, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ants; Dispersal; Formica; Genetic structure; Inbreeding; Monogyny; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; BREEDING; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MONOGYNY; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043198619     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00363.x     Document Type: Article

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