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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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| 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 |