The Regulation of Worker Reproduction in the Ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli
abstract: The repression of reproductive competition and the enforcement of altruism are key components to the success of animal societies. Eusocial insects are defined by having a reproductive division of labor, in which reproduction is relegated to one or few individuals while the rest of the grou...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14251 |