RELATEDNESS AND INBREEDING IN A FRENCH POPULATION OF THE UNICOLONIAL ANT IRIDOMYRMEX-HUMILIS (MAYR)

被引:39
作者
KAUFMANN, B [1 ]
BOOMSMA, JJ [1 ]
PASSERA, L [1 ]
PETERSEN, KN [1 ]
机构
[1] AARHUS UNIV, DEPT ECOL & GENET, DK-8000 AARHUS, DENMARK
关键词
ARGENTINE ANT; ALLOZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; INBREEDING;
D O I
10.1007/BF01249294
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Q96 [昆虫学];
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摘要
Worker and queen samples of the Argentine ant Iridomyrmex humilis were analysed using allozyme electrophoresis. Two loci, peptidase and glucosephosphate isomerase, were found to be stainable and polymorphic. Both revealed an estimated relatedness in nestmate females that was close to zero, which is a consequence of the strong polygyny in this species. The inbreeding coefficient was found to be close to zero, which can be explained, in spite of intra-nest mating taking place in L humilis, by the high mobility of mated queens.
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页码:195 / 200
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