Mass killing by female soldier larvae is adaptive for the killed male larvae in a polyembryonic wasp

Self-sacrifice is very rare among organisms. Here, we report a new and astonishing case of adaptive self-sacrifice in a polyembryonic parasitic wasp, Copidosoma floridanum. This wasp is unique in terms of its larval cloning and soldier larvae. Male clone larvae have been found to be killed by female...

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Auteurs principaux: Otsuki, Takahiro, Uka, Daisuke, Ito, Hiromu, Ichinose, Genki, Nii, Momoka, Morita, Satoru, Sakamoto, Takuma, Nishiko, Maaya, Tabunoki, Hiroko, Kobayashi, Kazuya, Matsuura, Kenji, Iwabuchi, Kikuo, Yoshimura, Jin
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6517382/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31089143
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43643-3
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