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Male accessory gland size and the evolutionary transition from single to multiple mating in the fungus-gardening ants
Polyandry in hymenopteran social insects is surprisingly rare, despite its likely colony-level fitness benefits. Ordinarily, a male's fitness will be at odds with that of a colony when the genetic representation within it is diluted by multiple mating by the queen. Consequently, males are expec...
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University of Arizona Library
2004
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1081563/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15861252 |