Characterization of microsatellite markers for the invasive ant species Anoplolepis gracilipes

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 912-914

  Feldhaar, Heike ^a   Drescher, Jochen ^a   Blüthgen, Nico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoplolepis gracilipes; Colony structure; Formicinae; Invasive species; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES;

EID: 33747412509     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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