Colony structure and reproductive sharing among queens in a tropical paper wasp, polistes olivaceus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-410

  Uddin, M M ^a   Tsuchida, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic relatedness; Microsatellites; Ovarian development; Reproductive skew; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC MARKER; HATCHING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; OVIPOSITION; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; SKEWNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES OLIVACEUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 84864348430     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-012-0233-y     Document Type: Article

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