Variable microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant <i>Acromyrmex echinatior</i> and their applicability to related species

Paternity in eusocial Hymenoptera

Jacobus J. Boomsma, Francis L. W. Ratnieks · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1996 · 474 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +15

Microsatellite evolution--a reciprocal study of repeat lengths at homologous loci in cattle and sheep

Hans Ellegren, S. S. Moore, Nicholas A. Robinson et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1997 · 163 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +13

Multiple paternity, relatedness and genetic diversity in Acromyrmex leaf–cutter ants

Jacobus J. Boomsma, Else J. Fjerdingstad, Jane Frydenberg · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1999 · 117 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +17

Multiple paternity in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica — a microsatellite DNA study

Else J. Fjerdingstad, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Peter A. Thorén · Heredity · 1998 · 80 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Genetics +12

Acromyrmex insinuator new species: an incipient social parasite of fungus-growing ants

Ted R. Schultz, Dorte Bekkevold, Jacobus J. Boomsma · Insectes Sociaux · 1998 · 72 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +10