Trends in Karyotype Evolution in the Ant Genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 831-839

  Mariano, C S F ^a   Delabie, J H C ^b   Campos, L A O ^a   Pompolo, S G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UPA Laboratorio de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Camponotus; Evolution; Formicidae; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0345393830     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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