Experimental increase of worker diversity benefits brood production in ants

BACKGROUND: The reproductive division of labor of eusocial insects, whereby one or several queens monopolize reproduction, evolved in a context of high genetic relatedness. However, many extant eusocial species have developed strategies that decrease genetic relatedness in their colonies, suggesting...

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Autores principales: Psalti, Marina N., Gohlke, Dustin, Libbrecht, Romain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8404329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34461829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01890-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8404329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34461829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01890-x

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