Colony genetic organization, fusion and inbreeding in Reticulitermes flavipes from the midwestern U.S

Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-325

  DeHeer, Christopher J ^a,b   Kamble, Shripat T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b LI COR BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic variations; Spatial organization; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 42249093347     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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