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Cryptic lineages hybridize for worker production in the harvester ant Messor barbarus

The reproductive division of labour between queen and worker castes in social insects is a defining characteristic of eusociality and a classic example of phenotypic plasticity. Whether social insect larvae develop into queens or workers has long been thought to be determined by environmental cues,...

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Published in:Biol Lett
Main Authors: Norman, Victoria, Darras, Hugo, Tranter, Christopher, Aron, Serge, Hughes, William O. H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134035/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27852941
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0542
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