Distribution and evolution of genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex seed-harvester ants
Distribution and evolution of genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex seed-harvester ants
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United States: Ecological Society of America
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English
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We examined the distribution and ancestral relationships of genetic caste determination (GCD) in 46 populations of the seed-harvester ants Pogonomyrmex barbatus and P. rugosus across the east-to-west range of their distributions. Using a mtDNA sequence and two nuclear markers diagnostic for GCD, we distinguished three classes of population phenotyp...
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Distribution and evolution of genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex seed-harvester ants
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68877245
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68877245
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0012-9658
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1939-9170
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10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2171:DAEOGC]2.0.CO;2
