Obligatory female philopatry affects genetic population structure in the ant Proformica longiseta

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-368

  Seppa P ^a,b,c   Fernandez Escudero I ^a   Gyllenstrand, N ^a   Pamilo, P ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ants; DNA microsatellites; Genetic population structure; mtDNA; Proformica

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOMARKER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROFORMICA LONGISETA;

EID: 33746534269     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-006-0882-9     Document Type: Article

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