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Superorganismal anisogamy: queen–male dimorphism in eusocial insects

Colonies of insects such as ants and honeybees are commonly viewed as ‘superorganisms’, with division of labour between reproductive ‘germline-like’ queens and males and ‘somatic’ workers. On this view, properties of the superorganismal colony are comparable with those of solitary organisms to such...

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Autores principales: Lehtonen, Jussi, Helanterä, Heikki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32517607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0635