MATESOFT: A program for deducing parental genotypes and estimating mating system statistics in haplodiploid species

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 795-797

  Moilanen, Atte ^a   Sundström, Liselotte ^a   Pedersen, Jes Søe ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Department of Population Biology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Mating system; Parentage analysis; Paternity assignment; Polyandry; Social insects

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 9644258936     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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