Small-scale spatial genetic structure in an ant species with sex-biased dispersal

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Hardy, Olivier J ^a   Pearcy, Morgan ^a,b   Aron, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis cursor; Kinship; Mating system; Microsatellites; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING; KINSHIP; MONOGYNY; POLYANDRY; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WORKER CASTE;

CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR;

EID: 38849110001     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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