Polygyny via unrelated queens indicated by mitochondrial DNA variation in the Australian meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus

1997/03/01 by Melissa E. Carew, M.E. Carew, Wee Tek Tay +3 · 22 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Aculeata #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Ecology #Entomology #Gene #Genetics #Genotype #Haplotype #Hymenoptera #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Mitochondrial DNA #Plant and animal studies #Polygyny #Population #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s000400050018

published in Insectes Sociaux 44(1), 7-14 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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Citations

• Social organization of meat antsIridomyrmex purpureus analysed by gel electrophoresis of enzymes
• THE Population Biology OF THE Meat ANT
• Social life: the paradox of multiple-queen colonies
• Brood raiding and the population dynamics of founding and incipient colonies of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta
• Colony dispersion and relationships of meat antsIridomyrmex purpureus and allies in an arid locality in south Australia

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