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Ants improve the reproduction of inferior morphs to maintain a polymorphism in symbiont aphids

Identifying stable polymorphisms is essential for understanding biodiversity. Distinctive polymorphisms are rare in nature because a superior morph should dominate a population. In addition to the three known mechanisms for polymorphism persistence, we recently reported a fourth mechanism: protectio...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Saori, Yoshimura, Jin, Hasegawa, Eisuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29396397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20159-w