Origin and evolution of the dependent lineages in the genetic caste determination system of pogonomyrmex ants

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 869-884

  Sirviö, Anu ^a   Pamilo, Pekka ^a,b   Johnson, Robert A ^c   Page, Robert E ^c   Gadau, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Genetic differentiation; Hybridization; Linkage map; MtDNA; Recombination

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANT; BIOMARKER; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMORPHISM; RECOMBINATION; SIBLING; SOCIAL INSECT;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 79952064941     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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