Article
Male parentage in dependent-lineage populations of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2007
Suni Sevan S, Gignoux Christopher, Gordon Deborah M
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the extent to which workers reproduce in a dependent-lineage population of the monogynous harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Dependent-lineage populations contain two interbreeding, yet genetically distinct mitochondrial lineages, each associated with specific alleles at nuclear loci. Workers develop from matings between lineages, and queens develop from matings within lineages, so queens must...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
