My research project has for object the comparative analyse of reproductive strategies in different species of ants of the genus Plagiolepis: P. pygmaea and this 2 social parasites P. grassei and P. xene, as well as 3 other free species, P. vindobonensis, P. schmitzii and P. maura. It is based on the combination of behavioural and genetic analysis. My program is based on 3 axes:
C- Cause and consequence of inbreedingE- Evolution of polyandryS- Social Parasitism.