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Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests
Choosing the right mating partner is one of the most critical decisions in the life of a sexually reproducing organism and is the basis of sexual selection. This choice is usually assumed to be made by one or both of the sexual partners. Here, we describe a system in which a third party – the siblin...
Autores principales: | Vidal, Mathilde, Königseder, Florian, Giehr, Julia, Schrempf, Alexandra, Lucas, Christophe, Heinze, Jürgen |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8093424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33941829 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02016-1 |
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