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Mating frequency of Leptothorax nylanderi ant queens determined by microsatellite analysis

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The queen mating frequency of the ant Leptothorax nylanderi was investigated by analyzing three (GA)n repeat microsatellite loci in queens and workers in 12 colonies from a single German population. Microsatellite genotypes indicate that all queens were inseminated by a single male. The genotypes of the males produced in queenright colonies suggest that they were offspring of the queen.

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  1. LS Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut (Biozentrum der Universität), Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, DE

    S. Foitzik, J. Gadau & J. Heinze

  2. Zoologisches Institut, Universität München, Luisenstrasse 14, D-80333 München, Germany. E-mail: haberl@zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de , DE

    M. Haberl

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Received 6 November 1996; revised 19 February 1997; accepted 10 March 1997.

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Foitzik, S., Haberl, M., Gadau, J. et al. Mating frequency of Leptothorax nylanderi ant queens determined by microsatellite analysis. Insectes soc. 44, 219–227 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000400050043

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