Reproductive isolation between Pogonomyrmex rugosus and two lineages with genetic caste determination

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2160-2170

  Cahan, Sara Helms ^a   Julian, Glennis E ^b   Schwander, Tanja ^c   Keller, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caste determination; Hybrid; Reproductive isolation; Social hybridogenesis; Social insects; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANT; CASTE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 33748563136     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2160:RIBPRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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