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Late-life fitness gains and reproductive death in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants

A key hypothesis for the occurrence of senescence is the decrease in selection strength due to the decrease in the proportion of newborns from parents attaining an advanced age – the so-called selection shadow. Strikingly, queens of social insects have long lifespans and reproductive senescence seem...

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Autores principales: Jaimes-Nino, Luisa Maria, Heinze, Jürgen, Oettler, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8986319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35384839
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74695