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Worker reproduction in Formica ants.

The American naturalist - 1 Jul 2007

Helantera Heikki, Sundstrom Liselotte

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A potential tragedy of the commons arises in social-insect colonies where workers are fertile if egg-laying workers decrease their contribution to other tasks. We studied worker ovary development and egg laying in relation to kin structure, colony size, and the presence of a queen in nine species (11 populations) of Formica ants. Workers were highly fertile and laid eggs in the presence of a queen in five out of...

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PMID: 17853986
DOI: 10.1086/518185

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