The breeding system and population structure of the termite Reticulitermes grassei in Southwestern France

Heredity

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 408-415

  DeHeer, C J ^a   Kutnik, M ^b   Vargo, E L ^a   Bagneres A G ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Genetic structure; Inbreeding; Isoptera; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COLONY STRUCTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES GRASSEI;

EID: 27644590186     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800744     Document Type: Article

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