Coevolution between slave-making ants and their hosts: Host specificity and geographical variation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2809-2816

  Blatrix, Rumsaïs ^a,b   Herbers, J M ^a,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Formicidae; Leptothorax; Microsatellites; Protomognathus; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SYMBIOSIS; VERMONT;

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX; LEPTOTHORAX AMBIGUUS; LEPTOTHORAX LONGISPINOSUS; PROTOMOGNATHUS; PROTOMOGNATHUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0141613131     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01947.x     Document Type: Article

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