Policing Relative Conflicts of Interest in Social Insects

Workers of social insects prevent other workers laying eggs to increase colony efficiency and not -- as traditionally thought - purely because workers are more related to the queen of the colony

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2004
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Synopsis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514494/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020324
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Sumario:Workers of social insects prevent other workers laying eggs to increase colony efficiency and not -- as traditionally thought - purely because workers are more related to the queen of the colony

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