Population structure and intraspecific aggression in the invasive ant species Anoplolepis gracilipes in Malaysian Borneo

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1453-1465

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression tests; Anoplolepis gracilipes; Haplotype network; Invasive species; Microsatellites; Supercolony

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MALAYSIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALAYSIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33947533422     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03260.x     Document Type: Article

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