A simple visualization method to reconstruct nest-mate patterns among bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) using genetic data

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-141

  Kokuvo, Nozomu ^a   Toquenaga, Yukihiko ^a   Goka, Koichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus; Correspondence analysis; DNA microsatellite; Haplodiploid; Shared loci

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS ARDENS; BOMBUS DIVERSUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34249650201     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.137     Document Type: Article

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