Bourgeois queens and high stakes games in the ant <it>Aphaenogaster senilis</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many animals face some form of conflict over reproductive opportunities. Queen selection in social insect colonies represents a high-stakes conflict where competition occurs among multiple queens for a few or a single reproductive ro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-10-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
| Online Access: | http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/6/1/24 |