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Queen execution in a monogynous ant

Workers in many species of social insects are capable of laying unfertilized eggs, which can develop into haploid males. This causes a conflict about male parentage between queens and workers. In a few species, this may result in matricide, that is, workers kill the colony's queen. Queen killin...

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Autores principales: Giehr, Julia, Heinze, Jürgen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7882922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7173