Genetic analysis of the breeding system of an invasive subterranean termite, Reticulitermes santonensis, in urban and natural habitats

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1311-1320

  Dronnet, Stéphanie ^a   Chapuisat, Michel ^b   Vargo, Edward L ^c   Lohou, Caroline ^d   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Direction des Parcs ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Inbreeding; Isoptera; Microsatellites; Rhinotermitidae; Social organization; Urban invasion

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FRANCE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOPTERA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES SANTONENSIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 17644374220     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02508.x     Document Type: Article

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