| Literature DB >> 15140102 |
Diane C Wiernasz1, Christina L Perroni, Blaine J Cole.
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Using four highly polymorphic microsatellite markers (12-28 alleles), we gentoyped workers from 63 colonies of Pogonomyrmex occidentalis. Colonies have a single, multiply mated queen, and an average number of 6.3 patrilines per colony. Colony growth was measured over an 8-year period in the study population. Intracolonial relatedness and colony growth are correlated negatively, indicating a substantial fitness benefit to multiple mating.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15140102 DOI： 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02153.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Ecol ISSN： 0962-1083 Impact factor: 6.185