Differentiation in reproductive potential and chemical communication of reproductive status in workers and queens of the ant Myrmecia gulosa

Division of reproductive labour in societies represents a topic of interest in evolutionary biology at least since Darwin. The puzzle of how helpers can be selected for, in spite of their reduced fertility has found an explanation in the kin selection theory: workers can overcome the cost of helping...

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Main Author: Dietemann, Vincent
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2002
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Online Access:https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/178
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