Triploid females and diploid males: Underreported phenomena in Polistes wasps?

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-211

  Liebert, A E ^a   Johnson, R N ^a,b   Switz, G T ^a   Starks, P T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diploid males; Genetic bottleneck; Polistes; Sterility; Subfertility hypothesis; Triploid females

Indexed keywords

PLOIDY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; STERILITY; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; POLISTES; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 4344685390     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0754-0     Document Type: Review

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