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Terminal Investment: Individual Reproduction of Ant Queens Increases with Age
The pattern of age-specific fecundity is a key component of the life history of organisms and shapes their ecology and evolution. In numerous animals, including humans, reproductive performance decreases with age. Here, we demonstrate that some social insect queens exhibit the opposite pattern. Egg...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3324418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22509399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035201 |