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Geometry explains the benefits of division of labour in a leafcutter ant

Many ant species have morphologically distinct worker sub-castes. This presumably increases colony efficiency and is thought to be optimized by natural selection. Optimality arguments are, however, often lacking in detail. In ants, the benefits of having workers in a range of sizes have rarely been...

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Autori principali: Helanterä, Heikki, Ratnieks, Francis L.W
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2008
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602677/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18319212
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0024
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