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Ant workers produce males in queenless parts of multi-nest colonies

Workers of several social insects are capable of gaining direct fitness by laying unfertilized eggs, which then develop into males. However, under queenright conditions, direct reproduction of workers is usually prevented by queen-induced regulatory mechanisms. In nature, some ant colonies inhabit m...

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Autores principales: Giehr, Julia, Senninger, Lisa, Ruhland, Katja, Heinze, Jürgen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32034171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58830-w