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When Darwin's Special Difficulty Promotes Diversification in Insects.

Systematic biology - 1 Sept 2018

Legendre Frédéric, Condamine Fabien L

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Eusociality, Darwin's special difficulty, has been widely investigated but remains a topic of great debate in organismal biology. Eusocial species challenge existing theories, and the impact of highly integrated societies on diversification dynamics is controversial with opposing assertions and hypotheses in the literature. Here, using phylogenetic approaches in termites-the first group that has evolved...

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PMID: 29481653
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy014

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