Complete mitochondrial genomes of normal and cheater morphs in the parthenogenetic ant pristomyrmex punctatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 85-90

  Hasegawa, Eisuke ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuya ^a   Yagi, Norihiro ^a   Tsuji, Kazuki ^b  

^a Hokkaido University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complete genome; Genome organization; Mitochondria; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

APOCRITA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; METAZOA; PRISTOMYRMEX PUNCTATUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 79958226308     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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