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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...
Autores principales: | Giehr, Julia, Heinze, Jürgen |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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