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Nutritional Asymmetries Are Related to Division of Labor in a Queenless Ant

Eusocial species exhibit pronounced division of labor, most notably between reproductive and non-reproductive castes, but also within non-reproductive castes via morphological specialization and temporal polyethism. For species with distinct worker and queen castes, age-related differences in behavi...

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Autores principales: Smith, Chris R., Suarez, Andrew V., Tsutsui, Neil D., Wittman, Sarah E., Edmonds, Benjamin, Freauff, Alex, Tillberg, Chadwick V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024011