Population structure and colony composition of two Zootermopsis nevadensis subspecies

Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-451

  Aldrich, B T ^a,b   Kambhampati, S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony composition; Microsatellites; Relatedness; Termites; Zootermopsis

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BREEDING; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; SUBSPECIES; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; ISOPTERA; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; ISOPTERA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ISOPTERA; ZOOTERMOPSIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS NEVADENSIS;

EID: 34748904095     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6801022     Document Type: Article

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