Genetic relatedness in early associations of Polistes dominulus: From related to unrelated helpers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2590-2597

  Zanette, Lorenzo R S ^a   Field, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group formation; Kin selection; Kinship; Microsatellites; Paper wasps; Sociality

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; WASP;

ANIMALS; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; WASPS;

POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 44249120330     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03785.x     Document Type: Article

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