Variable queen number in ant colonies: No impact on queen turnover, inbreeding, and population genetic differentiation in the ant Formica selysi

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1064-1072

  Chapuisat, Michel ^a   Bocherens, Samuel ^a   Rosset, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Dispersal; Genetic structure; Microsatellites; Relatedness; Social evolution; Social structure

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TURNOVER;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA SELYSI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542478397     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00440.x     Document Type: Article

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