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Clinal variation in colony breeding structure and level of inbreeding in the subterranean termites Reticulitermes flavipes and R. grassei.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2013
Vargo Edward L, Leniaud Laurianne, Swoboda Lois E, Diamond Sarah E, Weiser Michael D, Miller Dini M, Bagnères Anne-Geneviève
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Social insects exhibit remarkable variation in their colony breeding structures, both within and among species. Ecological factors are believed to be important in shaping reproductive traits of social insect colonies, yet there is little information linking specific environmental variables with differences in breeding structure. Subterranean termites (Rhinotermitidae) show exceptional variation in colony breeding...
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