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Genetic conflict and conditional altruism in social aphid colonies

Although kin selection is central to the modern study of social evolution, recent studies of social species have revealed that no simple relationship exists between levels of kinship and sociality. The soldier-producing aphids are unique among highly social animals because, barring movement by aphid...

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Main Authors: Abbot, Patrick, Withgott, James H., Moran, Nancy A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The National Academy of Sciences 2001
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC59768/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11562469
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.201212698
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