Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2381-2388

  Kronauer, Daniel J C ^a,b   Schöning, Caspar ^c   Pedersen, Jes S ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Gadau, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony cycle; Dorylus (Anomma) molestus; Eusociality; Microsatellites; Paternity; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KENYA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; KENYA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; DORYLUS MOLESTUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 3242724336     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02262.x     Document Type: Article

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