Polygyny and polyandry in small ant societies

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2363-2369

  Kellner, K ^b   Trindl, A ^b   Heinze, J ^b   D'Ettorre, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony kin structure; Mating frequencies; Microsatellites; Pachycondyla; Polyandry; Primary polygyny

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA INVERSA; PACHYCONDYLA VILLOSA;

EID: 34250214963     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03297.x     Document Type: Article

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