Clinal variation in colony breeding structure and level of inbreeding in the subterranean termites Reticulitermes flavipes and R. grassei

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1447-1462

  Vargo, Edward L ^a   Leniaud, Laurianne ^b,d   Swoboda, Lois E ^c,e   Diamond, Sarah E ^a   Weiser, Michael D ^a   Miller, Dini M ^c   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoptera; microsatellites; neotenics; population genetics; Rhinotermitidae; social organization

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84874408954     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12166     Document Type: Article

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