Changes in mating system and social structure of the ant Petalomyrmex phylax are associated with range expansion in Cameroon

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 579-595

  Dalecky, Ambroise ^a,b   Debout, Gabriel ^a,c   Estoup, Arnaud ^b   McKey, Doyle B ^a   Kjellberg, Finn ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA microsatellites; Formicinae; Gene flow; Inbreeding; Monogyny; Polygyny; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INBREEDING; MONOGYNY; PHENOTYPE; POLYGYNY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUEEN; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ALLELES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; PETALOMYRMEX PHYLAX;

EID: 34247519270     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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