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Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal distance in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus.
Heredity - 1 Feb 2010
Suni S S, Gordon D M
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Dispersal has important genetic and evolutionary consequences. It is notoriously difficult to study in some ant species, because reproductives fly from parent nests to mating aggregations and then to new nest sites. We used genetic techniques to measure dispersal distance and characterize patterns of genetic variation in a population of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. This population consists of two...
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