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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |