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Genetic diversity, paternal origin and pathogen resistance in <i>Cataglyphis</i> desert ants

2022-09-28

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Group diversity is usually associated with a reduced risk of disease outbreak and a slower rate of pathogen transmission. In social insects, multiple mating by queens (polyandry) evolved several times although reducing worker’s inclusive fitness. One major hypothesis suggests that polyandry has been selected for to mitigate the risk of outbreak thanks to increased genetic diversity within colonies. We investigated...

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Literature Corpus work: 3c412919-9d5d-58ca-8cb6-3a7303fc28ca
DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.27.509653

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