Sib-mating in the antPlagiolepis pygmaea: adaptative inbreeding?
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Sib-mating in the ant Plagiolepis pygmaea: adaptative inbreeding?
Multiple functional queens in a colony (polygyny) and multiple mating by queens (polyandry) in social insects challenge kin selection, because they dilute inclusive fitness benefits from helping. Colonies of the ant Plagiolepis pygmaea brash contain several hundreds of multiply mated queens. Yet, within-colony relatedness remains unexpectedly high. This stems from low male dispersal, extensive ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1010-061X,1420-9101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01864.x