Extended parental care in communal social groups
Recent developments in social insect research have challenged the need for close kinship as a prerequisite for the evolution of stable group living. In a model communal bee species, Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) hemichalceum, previous allozyme work indicated that groups of cooperating adult females are...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2002-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Insect Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.insectscience.org/2.22/ |