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Individual and social heterosis act independently in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies.

The Journal of heredity - 3 Jan 2025

Ryals Dylan K, Buschkoetter Amos C, Given J Krispn, Harpur Brock A

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Heterosis occurs in individuals when genetic diversity, e.g., heterozygosity, increases fitness. Many advanced eusocial insects evolved mating behaviors, including polyandry and polygyny, which increase inter-individual genetic diversity within colonies. The possibility of this structure of diversity to improve group fitness has been termed social heterosis. Neither the independence of individual and social...

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PMID: 39150220
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esae043
PMCID: PMC11700585

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