Phylogenomics of palearctic Formica species suggests a single origin of temporary parasitism and gives insights to the evolutionary pathway toward slave-making behaviour

BACKGROUND: The ants of the Formica genus are classical model species in evolutionary biology. In particular, Darwin used Formica as model species to better understand the evolution of slave-making, a parasitic behaviour where workers of another species are stolen to exploit their workforce. In his...

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Autores principales: Romiguier, Jonathan, Rolland, Jonathan, Morandin, Claire, Keller, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29592795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1159-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29592795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1159-4

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