High mating frequency and variation with lineage ratio in dependent-lineage harvester ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-364

  Suni, S S ^a   Eldakar, O T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dependent lineage; gene flow; harvester ants; Mating frequency; pogonomyrmex

Indexed keywords

ANT; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MITOCHONDRION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 79959801042     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0150-5     Document Type: Article

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