Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility
Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility
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England: The Royal Society
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English
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England: The Royal Society
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The selective forces that shape and maintain eusocial societies are an enduring puzzle in evolutionary biology. Ordinarily sterile workers can usually reproduce given the right conditions, so the factors regulating reproductive division of labour may provide insight into why eusociality has persisted over evolutionary time. Queen-produced pheromone...
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Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_20591861
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_20591861
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0962-8452
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10.1098/rspb.2010.0984
