Microsatellite loci for Myrmica kotokui and their application in some congeneric ant species distributed in northern Japan

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-120

  Azuma, N ^a   Takahashi, J ^b   Kikuchi, T ^c   Yoshimura, M ^d   Onoyama, K ^e   Higashi, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microsatellite DNA; Myrmica kotokui; Myrmica rubra; Polygyny; RAPD

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA; MYRMICA KOTOKUI; MYRMICA LUTEOLA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICA TAEDIOSA;

EID: 14844361452     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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