Colony and population genetic structure of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus, in Japan

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2599-2608

  Vargo, Edward L ^a   Husseneder, Claudia ^b,c   Grace, J Kenneth ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Gene flow; Isoptera; Microsatellites; Rhinotermitidae; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0141836182     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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