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The dynamics of male-male competition in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants

BACKGROUND: The outcome of male-male competition can be predicted from the relative fighting qualities of the opponents, which often depend on their age. In insects, freshly emerged and still sexually inactive males are morphologically indistinct from older, sexually active males. These young inacti...

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Autores principales: Cremer, Sylvia, Suefuji, Masaki, Schrempf, Alexandra, Heinze, Jürgen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22703760
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-12-7