Genetic structure and breeding system in a social wasp and its social parasite

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hoffman, Eric A ^a,b   Kovacs, Jennifer L ^a   Goodisman, Michael A D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INBREEDING; INSECT SOCIETY; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; POLYANDRY; WASP; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; VESPULA; VESPULA MACULIFRONS; VESPULA SQUAMOSA;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS;

EID: 51649098587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-239     Document Type: Article

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