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Evolution: no-male's land for an Amazonian ant.

Current biology : CB - 15 Sept 2009

Fournier Denis, Aron Serge

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Recent work has shown that, in the Amazonian fungus-growing ant Mycocepurus smithii, queens use exclusively asexual reproduction and the male sex seems to have disappeared from the species. This finding illustrates the remarkable diversity of reproductive systems in ants.

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PMID: 19906574
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.021

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