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Costs of reproduction are present but latent in eusocial bumblebee queens
BACKGROUND: The standard evolutionary theory of ageing proposes that ageing occurs because of a trade-off between reproduction and longevity. Eusocial insect queens exhibit positive fecundity-longevity associations and so have been suggested to be counter-examples through not expressing costs of rep...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10334537/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37430246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01648-5 |