Unrelated queens coexist in colonies of the termite Macrotermes michaelseni

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1527-1532

  Hacker, M ^a   Kaib, M ^a,e   Bagine, R K N ^b,e   Epplen, J T ^c,f   Brandl, R ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^f Molecular Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA multilocus fingerprinting; Microsatellites; Polygyny; Skew; Sterile offspring

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; ISOPTERA; KENYA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES MICHAELSENI;

EID: 17644362730     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02507.x     Document Type: Article

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