Single-queen introductions characterize regional and local invasions by the facultatively clonal little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2937-2944

  Mikheyev, A S ^a   Bresson, S ^a   Conant, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Hawai'i Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Asexuality; Jump dispersal; Propagule pressure; Red queen

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HAWAII; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 67649641283     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04213.x     Document Type: Article

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