Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the plant-ant Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) and cross-testing for two congeneric species

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1016-1019

  Kautz, Stefanie ^a   Schmid, Volker S ^b   Trindl, Andreas ^b   Heinze, Jürgen ^b   Ballhorn, Daniel J ^a   Heil, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Mutualism; Obligate Acacia ant; Pseudomyrmex mixtecus; Pseudomyrmex peperi; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOMYRMECINAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX FERRUGINEUS; PSEUDOMYRMEX MIXTECUS; PSEUDOMYRMEX PEPERI;

EID: 65249173453     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02569.x     Document Type: Article

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