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Mating system evolution and worker caste diversity in Pheidole ants.

Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2013

Huang Ming H, Wheeler Diana E, Fjerdingstad Else J

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The efficiency of social groups is generally optimized by a division of labour, achieved through behavioural or morphological diversity of members. In social insects, colonies may increase the morphological diversity of workers by recruiting standing genetic variance for size and shape via multiply mated queens (polyandry) or multiple-breeding queens (polygyny). However, greater worker diversity in multi-lineage...

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PMID: 23379584
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12218

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