Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?

Vast supercolonies of interconnected nests formed by unicolonial ant species are the largest cooperative groups of animals known. Research published recently in BMC Evolutionary Biology reveals that a supercolony can be more genetically structured than previously thought, comprising several extended...

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Autor principal: Helanterä, Heikki
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19591651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol154
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description Vast supercolonies of interconnected nests formed by unicolonial ant species are the largest cooperative groups of animals known. Research published recently in BMC Evolutionary Biology reveals that a supercolony can be more genetically structured than previously thought, comprising several extended families. Surprisingly, the families coexist peacefully, even though they seem to recognize each other as non-kin.
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spelling pubmed-27373692009-12-18 Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin? Helanterä, Heikki J Biol Minireview Vast supercolonies of interconnected nests formed by unicolonial ant species are the largest cooperative groups of animals known. Research published recently in BMC Evolutionary Biology reveals that a supercolony can be more genetically structured than previously thought, comprising several extended families. Surprisingly, the families coexist peacefully, even though they seem to recognize each other as non-kin. BioMed Central 2009 2009-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC2737369/ /pubmed/19591651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol154 Text en Copyright © 2009 BioMed Central Ltd
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Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?
title Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?
title_full Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?
title_fullStr Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?
title_full_unstemmed Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?
title_short Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?
title_sort do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?
topic Minireview
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19591651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol154
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