Genetic diversity and genotypic differentiation between the sexes in swarm aggregations decrease inbreeding in the Formosan subterranean termite

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-219

  Husseneder, C ^a   Simms, D M ^a   Ring, D R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Isolation by distance; Isoptera; Microsatellite genotyping; Relatedness; Rhinotermitidae

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; KIN RECOGNITION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SWARMING; TERMITE;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33745165599     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0860-7     Document Type: Article

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