Relatedness and genetic structure in a socially polymorphic population of the spider Anelosimus studiosus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 810-818

  Duncan, Sarah I ^a   Riechert, Susan E ^a   Fitzpatrick, Benjamin M ^a   Fordyce, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anelosimus studiosus; Genetic structure; Kin selection; Microsatellites; Pairwise relatedness; Spider sociality

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE;

EID: 77749277068     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04523.x     Document Type: Article

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