Conflicts of interest in social insects: Male production in two species of Polistes

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 797-805

  Arévalo, Elisabeth ^a   Strassmann, Joan E ^a   Queller, David C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Polistes; Relatedness; Social control; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; POLISTES; POLISTES BELLICOSUS; POLISTES DORSALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2642649525     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb03703.x     Document Type: Article

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