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Evolution of eusociality and the soldier caste in termites: Influence of intraspecific competition and accelerated inheritance

We present new hypotheses and report experimental evidence for powerful selective forces impelling the evolution of both eusociality and the soldier caste in termites. Termite ancestors likely had a nesting and developmental life history similar to that of the living family Termopsidae, in which for...

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Hauptverfasser: Thorne, Barbara L., Breisch, Nancy L., Muscedere, Mario L.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: National Academy of Sciences 2003
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC240700/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14555764
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2133530100
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