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Inbreeding and kinship in the ant Plagiolepis pygmaea.

Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2005

Trontti K, Aron S, Sundström L

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In ants the presence of multiple reproductive queens (polygyny) decreases the relatedness among workers and the brood they rear, and subsequently dilutes their inclusive fitness benefits from helping. However, adoption of colony daughters, low male dispersal in conjunction with intranidal (within nest) mating and colony reproduction by budding may preserve local genetic differences, and slow down the erosion of...

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PMID: 15910322
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02529.x

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