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Paternity frequency and maternity of males in some stingless bee species.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2002
Palmer Kellie A, Oldroyd Benjamin P, Quezada-Euán José Javier G, Paxton Robert J, May-Itza William de J
Abstract excerpt
In monogynous hymenopteran societies, the number of mates of a queen strongly influences the potential for conflict between workers and queens over the maternity of males. Queens always 'prefer' their own sons to sons of workers, regardless of queen mating frequency. When a queen mates once, workers are more closely related to, and therefore are expected to prefer, their own sons and then sons of sisters to sons...
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