Shape differences rather than size differences between castes in the Neotropical swarm-founding wasp Metapolybia docilis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Epiponini)

BACKGROUND: Swarm-founding epiponine wasps are an intriguing group of social insects in which colonies are polygynic (several queens share reproduction) and differentiation between castes is often not obvious. However, caste differences in some may be more pronounced in later phases of the colony cy...

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Autores principales: Baio, Mário V, Noll, Fernando B, Zucchi, Ronaldo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC165425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12744727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-3-10

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC165425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12744727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-3-10

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