The significance of multiple mating in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2260-2267

  Goodisman, Michael A D ^a   Kovacs, Jennifer L ^a   Hoffman, Eric A ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Kin selection; Polyandry; Polymorphic microsatellite marker; Relatedness; Social insect; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

COLONY; FITNESS; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE; VESPULA MACULIFRONS;

EID: 34548351235     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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