Nest architecture and genetic differentiation in a species complex of Australian stingless bees

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2317-2331

  Franck, P ^a,b,c   Cameron, E ^b   Good, G ^b   Rasplus, J Y ^a   Oldroyd, B P ^b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Australia; Microsatellite; Phylogeography; Taxonomy; Thailand; Trigona (Heterotrigona) davenporti nov. sp.

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BEE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NESTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BEES; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROMES B; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUEENSLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA; TRIGONA CARBONARIA; TRIGONA DAVENPORTI; TRIGONA HOCKINGSI;

EID: 3242708846     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02236.x     Document Type: Article

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