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Specialised placement of morphs within the gall of the social aphid Pemphigus spyrothecae

BACKGROUND: The strategic placement and aggregation of certain castes within the nests of eusocial insects such as bees and ants results in complex colonies that enjoy increased fitness through improved efficiency of social tasks. To examine if this advanced social phenomenon might apply to social a...

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Autor principal: Pike, Nathan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1800903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17298667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-18