Genetic polymorphism in "mixed" colonies of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Finland and its possible origin

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-167

  Korczyńska, Julita ^a   Gajewska, Marta ^b,c   Pilot, Małgorzata ^b   Czechowski, Wojciech ^b   Radchenko, Alexander ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ants; Formica rufa group; Genetic polymorphism; Hybridisation; Mixed colonies

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

FINLAND;

FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77957873495     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.021     Document Type: Article

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