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Reproductive conflict in social insects: male production by workers in a slave-making ant.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2005
Brunner Elisabeth, Trindl Andreas, Falk Karl H, Heinze Juergen, D'Ettorre Patrizia
Abstract excerpt
In insect societies, workers cooperate but may also pursue their individual interests, such as laying viable male eggs. The case of obligatory slave-making ants is of particular interest because workers do not engage in maintenance activities and foraging. Therefore, worker egg laying is expected to be less detrimental for colony efficiency than in related, nonparasitic species. Furthermore, as slave-making...
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