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Does an ecological advantage produce the asymmetric lineage ratio in a harvester ant population?

In dependent-lineage harvester ant populations, two lineages interbreed but are genetically distinct. The offspring of a male and queen of the same lineage are female reproductives; the offspring of a male and queen of different lineages are workers. Geographic surveys have shown asymmetries in the...

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Autores principales: Gordon, Deborah M., Pilko, Anna, De Bortoli, Nicolas, Ingram, Krista K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3824609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23715745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2690-z