Genetic differentiation across the social transition in a socially polymorphic sweat bee, Halictus rubicundus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3351-3363

  Soro, A ^a,b,d   Field, J ^c   Bridge, C ^c   Cardinal, S C ^d   Paxton, R J ^a,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

eusociality; gene flow; halictid bee; microsatellite; plastic behaviour; population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; IRELAND; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; IRELAND; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HALICTUS RUBICUNDUS;

EID: 77955393127     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04753.x     Document Type: Article

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