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No benefit in diversity? The effect of genetic variation on survival and disease resistance in a polygynous social insect

2011-12-01

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1. Multiple mating by queens has been shown to enhance disease resistance in insect societies, because higher genetic diversity among nestmates improves collective immune defences or offers a certain level of herd immunity. However, it has remained ambiguous whether polygynous societies with large numbers of queens also benefit from increased genetic diversity. 2. We used one of the very few ant species that can b...

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01325.x

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