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Population and colony structure of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanusJ Gadau
Theodor Boveri Institut Biozentrum der Universität, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Am Hubland, Germany
Mol Ecol 5:785-92. 1996..In three of these species (C. ligniperdus, C. herculeanus and C. gigas) we could determine the mating frequency of the queen in one or two colonies, respectively...
Mapping of hybrid incompatibility loci in NasoniaJ Gadau
Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Genetics 153:1731-41. 1999..Due to the short generation time, advantages of haplodiploidy, and availability of markers, Nasonia promises to be a productive system for investigating the genetics of hybrid inviability...
The genetic basis of the interspecific differences in wing size in Nasonia (Hymenoptera; Pteromalidae): major quantitative trait loci and epistasisJ Gadau
Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Universitat Wurzburg, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany
Genetics 161:673-84. 2002..We propose that the evolution of smaller wings in N. vitripennis males is primarily the result of major mutations at few genomic regions and involves epistatic interactions among some loci...
Determinants of intracolonial relatedness in Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Hymenoptera; Formicidae): mating frequency and brood raidsJ Gadau
Universität Würzburg Biozentrum, Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Am Hubland, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany
Mol Ecol 12:1931-8. 2003..Our analyses indicate 6 of 14 field colonies contained foreign P. rugosus workers (43%). The range of the intracolonial frequency of foreign workers collected directly from the nest entrance was between 4 and 28%...
A linkage analysis of sex determination in Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)J Gadau
Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, USA
Heredity 87:234-42. 2001..Finally, the sex determination locus of B. terrestris was placed on the map using bulked segregant analysis...
Phylogenetics of the new world honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequencesD J C Kronauer
, Institute of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, , Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 32:416-21. 2004
The insect chemoreceptor superfamily of the parasitoid jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennisH M Robertson
Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Insect Mol Biol 19:121-36. 2010....
Genetic evidence for intra- and interspecific slavery in honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus)D J C Kronauer
Institute of Behavioural Physiology and Sociobiology, , Am Hubland, , Germany
Proc Biol Sci 270:805-10. 2003..We propose that, in honey ants, secondary contact between two closely related species that both exhibit intraspecific slavery gave rise to an early form of facultative interspecific slavery...
Species-diagnostic single-nucleotide polymorphism and sequence-tagged site markers for the parasitic wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)O Niehuis
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P O Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287 4501, USA
J Econ Entomol 100:1033-6. 2007..They are ideal for rapid species identification and hybrid recognition, and they can be used to map economically relevant quantitative trait loci in the Nasonia genome...
High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatiorA Sirviö
Department of Biology, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
J Evol Biol 19:1475-85. 2006..The present result is therefore consistent with the hypothesis that complex social life can select for an increased recombination rate through effects on genotypic diversity and colony performance...
Natural variation in the genetic architecture of a host-parasite interaction in the bumblebee Bombus terrestrisL Wilfert
ETH Zurich, Institute for Integrative Biology IBZ, Experimental Ecology Group, ETH Zentrum CHN, CH 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Mol Ecol 16:1327-39. 2007..Only one QTL for body size was plausibly found in at least two populations. QTLs for encapsulation and Crithidia infection intensity were located on the same linkage groups...
Genetic structure of natural Nasonia vitripennis populations: validating assumptions of sex-ratio theoryB K Grillenberger
Evolutionary Genetics, Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
Mol Ecol 17:2854-64. 2008..23), indicates significant substructuring between regions. The level of population inbreeding for the two localities (F(IL) = 0.168) fitted the expectation based on the average foundress number per patch...
Caste determination in a polymorphic social insect: nutritional, social, and genetic factorsC R Smith
Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
Am Nat 172:497-507. 2008..badius. However, the relative importance of each type of factor affecting caste determination is caste specific...
