Genetic structure of nest aggregations and drone congregations of the southeast Asian stingless bee Trigona collina

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2357-2364

  Cameron, E C ^a,c   Franck, P ^a,b,c   Oldroyd, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Sydney Univ Social Insects Lab ^*

Author keywords

Drone congregations; LOD score; Microsatellites; Outbreeding; Relatedness; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THAILAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); INSECTA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA; TRIGONA COLLINA;

EID: 3242728774     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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