Asexual reproduction in introduced and native populations of the ant Cerapachys biroi

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5221-5235

  Kronauer, Daniel J C ^a,b,c   Pierce, Naomi E ^a   Keller, Laurent ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anthropogenic introduction; asexuality; automixis; Formicidae; parthenogenesis; thelytoky

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BACTERIA; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CERAPACHYS BIROI; DORYLOMORPHA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84867676702     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12041     Document Type: Article

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