Kolmer, K. and Hoelldobler, B. and Heinze, Juergen (2002) Colony and population structure in Pachycondyla cf. inversa, a ponerine ant with primary polygyny. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 14 (2). pp. 157-164. ISSN 0394-9370
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Queens of the neotropical ponerine Pachycondyla cf. inversa may found their colonies co-operatively (pleomotrosis) and still co-exist when the colony becomes mature (primary polygyny). We investigated the genetic, structure of colonies from a Brazilian population by using microsatellites. In both queens and workers, inbreeding coefficients were significantly different from zero. No evidence for a geographical substructuring of the population was found. Heterozygote deficiency can probably be explained by a temporal substructure of the population, i.e. mating in temporally distinct mating swarms. Nestmate' queens were typically not related. A comparison, of the microsatellite. genotypes of queens and workers indicated that some queens were multiply inseminated.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS; HYMENOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; RELATEDNESS; MARKERS; QUEENS; FLIGHT; colony founding; pleometrosis; relatedness; multiple mating; Formicidae |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2021 05:59 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2021 05:59 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/40007 |
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