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Workers of a drywood termite do not work
BACKGROUND: Social insects (ants, bees, wasps and termites) are considered as prime examples of altruism in which individuals (workers) forego their own reproduction to help other individuals reproduce. Such a behaviour is favoured by natural selection because the workers rear close kin and in doing...
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BioMed Central
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1805749/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17316424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-7 |