Article
Characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in the giant bulldog ant, Myrmecia brevinoda and the jumper ant, M. pilosula.
Journal of insect science (Online) - 1 Jan 2011
Qian Zeng-Qiang, Ceccarelli F Sara, Carew Melissa E, Schlüns Helge, Schlick-Steiner Birgit C, Steiner Florian M
Abstract excerpt
The ant genus Myrmecia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is endemic to Australia and New Caledonia, and has retained many biological traits that are considered to be basal in the family Formicidae. Here, a set of 16 dinucleotide microsatellite loci were studied that are polymorphic in at least one of the two species of the genus: the giant bulldog ant, M. brevinoda Forel, and the jumper ant, M. pilosula Smith;...
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