High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1475-1485

  Sirvio A ^a   Gadau, J ^b   Rueppell, O ^c   Lamatsch, D ^d   Boomsma, J J ^e   Pamilo, P ^a   Page Jr , R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex echinatior; Division of labour; Genetic linkage map; Recombination frequency; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIAL BREEDING; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HONEYBEE; MATING BEHAVIOR; RECOMBINATION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACROMYRMEX ECHINATIOR; APIS MELLIFERA; ATTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33747243349     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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