Strong mitochondrial DNA similarity but low relatedness at microsatellite loci among families within fused colonies of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-199

  DeHeer, C J ^a,b   Vargo, E L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LI COR BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony breeding structure; Isoptera; Kinship; Nestmate discrimination; Population genetics; Rhinotermitidae

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSPECIFIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; KINSHIP; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MODELING; POPULATION GENETICS; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVEY; TERMITE;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 44449157058     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-0999-0     Document Type: Article

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