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Polymorphic social organization in an ant.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Dec 2009

Gill Richard J, Arce Andres, Keller Laurent, Hammond Robert L

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Identifying species exhibiting variation in social organization is an important step towards explaining the genetic and environmental factors underlying social evolution. In most studied populations of the ant Leptothorax acervorum, reproduction is shared among queens in multiple queen colonies (polygyny). By contrast, reports from other populations, but based on weaker evidence, suggest a single queen may...

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PMID: 19793758
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1408
PMCID: PMC2817112

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