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A Single SNP Turns a Social Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Worker into a Selfish Parasite

The evolution of altruism in complex insect societies is arguably one of the major transitions in evolution and inclusive fitness theory plausibly explains why this is an evolutionary stable strategy. Yet, workers of the South African Cape honey bee (Apis mellifera capensis) can reverse to selfish b...

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Autores principales: Aumer, Denise, Stolle, Eckart, Allsopp, Michael, Mumoki, Fiona, Pirk, Christian W W, Moritz, Robin F A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30624681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy232