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Selection on defensive traits in a sterile caste - caste evolution: a mechanism to overcome life-history trade-offs?

Evolution & development - 1 Jan 2000

Roux Estelle A, Roux Maurice, Korb Judith

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During development and evolution individuals generally face a trade-off between the development of weapons and gonads. In termites, characterized by reproductive division of labor, a caste evolved-the soldiers-which is completely sterile and which might be released from developmental trade-offs between weapons and testes. These soldiers are exclusively dedicated to defense. First, we investigated whether...

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PMID: 19196335
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00304.x

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