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Coexistence of the social types: genetic population structure in the ant Formica exsecta.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2004
Seppä Perttu, Gyllenstrand Niclas, Corander Jukka, Pamilo Pekka
Abstract excerpt
The ant Formica exsecta has two types of colonies that exist in sympatry but usually as separate subpopulations: colonies with simple social organization and single queens (M type) or colonial networks with multiple queens (P type). We used both nuclear (DNA microsatellites) and mitochondrial markers to study the transition between the social types, and the contribution of males and females in gene flow within...
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