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Male parentage in army ants.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2006
Kronauer Daniel J C, Schöning Caspar, Boomsma Jacobus J
Abstract excerpt
In most social insects workers do not mate, but have retained the ability to produce haploid eggs that can develop into viable male offspring. Under what circumstances this reproductive potential is realized and how the ensuing worker-queen conflict over male production is resolved, is an area of active research in insect sociobiology. Here we present microsatellite data for 176 males from eight colonies of the...
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