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Persistence conditions of symmetric social hybridogenesis in haplo-diploid hymenoptera.
Journal of theoretical biology - 7 May 2006
Yamauchi Atsushi, Yamamura Norio
Abstract excerpt
In eusocial Hymenoptera species, females variably develop into either alate females (queens) or workers, and in most cases, caste differentiation is determined environmentally. Recently, however, female castes in two harvester ant species, Pogonomyrmex rugosus and P. barbatus, were found to be de...
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