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Workers dominate male production in the neotropical bumblebee Bombus wilmattae (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

BACKGROUND: Cooperation and conflict in social insects are closely linked to the genetic structure of the colony. Kin selection theory predicts conflict over the production of males between the workers and the queen and between the workers themselves, depending on intra-colonial relatedness but also...

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Autores principales: Huth-Schwarz, Anett, León, Adolfo, Vandame, Rémy, Moritz, Robin FA, Kraus, F Bernhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3127829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21651814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-8-13