Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal distance in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-173

  Suni, S S ^a,b   Gordon, D M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Genetic structure; Pogonomyrmex barbatus; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; NEST SITE; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

HEXAPODA; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 75549086102     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.124     Document Type: Article

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