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Monandry and polyandry in three species of North American bumble bees (Bombus) determined using microsatellite DNA markers
2013-04-01
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Polyandry, or multiple mating by females, is widespread in insects, and generally females need to mate more than once to achieve maximum fertility and fecundity. However, although monandry by queens (mating with a single male) is the general rule in the eusocial Hymenoptera, polyandry does occur in many species. Since there are associated costs, numerous hypotheses have been proposed to account for its evolution....
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- Literature Corpus work
- 362b7f86-87da-5b99-b440-af1748950b9e
- DOI
- 10.1139/cjz-2012-0288