Very low genetic variability in the Indian queenless ant Diacamma indicum

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2095-2100

  Viginier, B ^a   Peeters, C ^b   Brazier, L ^b   Doums, C ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Diacamma indicum; Gamergate; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; INDIA; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; INDIA; JAPAN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SRI LANKA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DIACAMMA; DIACAMMA INDICUM; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3042739925     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02201.x     Document Type: Article

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