Polygynous supercolonies of the acacia-ant Pseudomyrmex peperi, an inferior colony founder

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5180-5194

  Kautz, S ^a   Pauls, S U ^b   Ballhorn, D J ^a   Lumbsch, H T ^c   Heil, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ancestral states reconstruction; Ant plant mutualism; Behaviour; Intranidal mating; Microsatellites; Polydomy

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ACACIA; FORMICIDAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX PEPERI;

EID: 71549161211     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04395.x     Document Type: Article

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