A new method for distinguishing colony social forms of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shoemaker, Dewayne ^a   Ascunce, Marina S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

assays; budding; introduced; monogynous; native; polygynous

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955644596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.7301     Document Type: Article

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