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Unrelated Helpers in a Primitively Eusocial Wasp: Is Helping Tailored Towards Direct Fitness?

The paper wasp Polistes dominulus is unique among the social insects in that nearly one-third of co-foundresses are completely unrelated to the dominant individual whose offspring they help to rear and yet reproductive skew is high. These unrelated subordinates stand to gain direct fitness through n...

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Main Authors: Leadbeater, Ellouise, Carruthers, Jonathan M., Green, Jonathan P., van Heusden, Jasper, Field, Jeremy
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917371/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20700463
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011997
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