Mating structure and genetic relatedness among gynes in the primitively eusocial wasp Polistes snelleni (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-31

  Sayama, Katsuhiko ^a   Takahashi, Jun Ichi ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA microsatellite; Kin selection; Kin structure; Paper wasp; Paternity frequency

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES SNELLENI; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 33845394722     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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