The genetic population structure of the ant Plagiolepis xene-implications for genetic vulnerability of obligate social parasites

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-250

  Trontti, Kalevi ^a   Aron, Serge ^b   Sundström, Liselotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genetic vulnerability; Inquilinism; Plagiolepis xene; Population structure; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; INBREEDING; PARASITE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

PLAGIOLEPIS XENE;

EID: 33745030116     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9003-y     Document Type: Article

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