Mating system and population structure of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia revolutionalis: A model system for the evolution of complex societies

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1943-1950

  Henshaw, Michael T ^a,b   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridity; Australia; Cyclical oligogyny; Mating frequency; Polistinae; Ropalidiini

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; QUEENSLAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

POLISTINAE; ROPALIDIA; ROPALIDIA REVOLUTIONALIS; ROPALIDIINI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 3042703316     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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