Characterization of expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite loci in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1373-1376

  Qian, Zeng Qiang ^a   Crozier, Y Ching ^a   Schlick Steiner, Birgit C ^a,b   Steiner, Florian M ^a,b   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

EST SSRs; Expressed sequence tags; Fire ants; Microsatellites; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION REGULATION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 70350560950     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9698-7     Document Type: Article

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