Intraspecific support for the polygyny-vs.-polyandry hypothesis in the bulldog ant Myrmecia brevinoda

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3681-3691

  Qian, Zeng Qiang ^a   Schlüns, Helge ^a,b   Schlick Steiner, Birgit C ^c   Steiner, Florian M ^c   Robson, Simon K A ^a   Schlüns, Ellen A ^a,b   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

genetic relatedness; Hymenoptera; microsatellites; Myrmeciinae; polyandry; polygyny

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECIA BREVINODA; MYRMECIINAE;

EID: 80052092254     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05195.x     Document Type: Article

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