Towards a universal understanding of sex ratio in termites

Abstract Termites are eusocial cockroaches whose altruist caste is constituted of males and females. While sex ratio theory predicts a balanced investment between sexes in diploid organisms, extreme deviations are observed in termites, both in altruists and alate reproductives. Here, we expand the t...

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Published in:	Communications Biology
Main Authors:	Simon Hellemans, Thomas Bourguignon, Yves Roisin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07771-z

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