Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees

The differentiation of workers into morphological castes represents an important evolutionary innovation that is thought to improve division of labor in insect societies. Given the potential benefits of task-related worker differentiation, it is puzzling that physical worker castes, such as soldiers...

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Autores principales: Grüter, Christoph, Segers, Francisca H. I. D., Menezes, Cristiano, Vollet-Neto, Ayrton, Falcón, Tiago, von Zuben, Lucas, Bitondi, Márcia M. G., Nascimento, Fabio S., Almeida, Eduardo A. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28232746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-016-0012-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28232746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-016-0012-y

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