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Haplodiploidy and the evolution of eusociality: split sex ratios.
The American naturalist - 1 Feb 2012
Gardner Andy, Alpedrinha João, West Stuart A
Abstract excerpt
It is generally accepted that from a theoretical perspective, haplodiploidy should facilitate the evolution of eusociality. However, the "haplodiploidy hypothesis" rests on theoretical arguments that were made before recent advances in our empirical understanding of sex allocation and the route by which eusociality evolved. Here we show that several possible promoters of the haplodiploidy effect would have been...
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