Genetic relationship among Camponotus rufipes Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nests by RAPD molecular markers - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i1.10913

Sara Lívia da Silva Fernandes da Matta; Maria Santina de Castro Morini; Alexandre Wagner Silva Hilsdorf

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i1.10913

**Genetic relationship among Camponotus rufipes Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nests by RAPD molecular markers** - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i1.10913

Authors

Sara Lívia da Silva Fernandes da Matta Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes Author
Maria Santina de Castro Morini Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes Author
Alexandre Wagner Silva Hilsdorf Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i1.10913

Keywords:

carpenter ants, monogyne, genetic polymorphism, genetic distance

Abstract

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to investigate the genetic relationship among nests of the carpenter ant, Camponotus rufipes, located in the same area. Five random oligodecamers were used to amplify DNA from 108 ant workers collected from six nests. A total of 47 RAPD markers were identified, which revealed low levels of genetic differentiation among nests (Fst = 0.00218) and a low average Shannon index (0.3727) among workers within nests. These results together suggest that the C. rufipes nest may be formed by a single, once-mated queen and that nests produced by queens that are genetically related tend to keep their nests in close proximity to one other.

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Author Biography

Maria Santina de Castro Morini, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes

Trabalha na Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes como professora de Zoologia de Invertebrados e como pesquisadora em Mirmecologia, enfatizando as comunidades de formigas das áreas de Mata Atlântica do Alto Tietê. (24/03/2007)

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Published

2012-07-19

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Genetics

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Genetic relationship among Camponotus rufipes Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nests by RAPD molecular markers - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i1.10913. (2012). Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 35(1), 89-92. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i1.10913