Changes in composition of cuticular biochemicals of the facultatively polygynous ant Petalomyrmex phylax during range expansion in Cameroon with respect to social, spatial and genetic variation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3778-3791

  Dalecky, Ambroise ^a,b   Renucci, Marielle ^c   Tirard, Alain ^c   Debout, Gabriel ^a   Roux, Maurice ^c   Kjellberg, Finn ^a   Provost, Erick ^c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cuticular profile; Dispersal; Genetic drift; Queen number; Selection; Social insect

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAMEROON; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; CAMEROON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PETALOMYRMEX PHYLAX;

EID: 34548572964     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03429.x     Document Type: Article

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