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The Evolution of Extreme Polyandry in Social Insects: Insights from Army Ants
The unique nomadic life-history pattern of army ants (army ant adaptive syndrome), including obligate colony fission and strongly male-biased sex-ratios, makes army ants prone to heavily reduced effective population sizes (N (e)). Excessive multiple mating by queens (polyandry) has been suggested to...
Autores principales: | Barth, Matthias Benjamin, Moritz, Robin Frederik Alexander, Kraus, Frank Bernhard |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4140799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25144731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105621 |
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