Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests

Vidal et al. identify a breeding system in the ant Cardiocondyla elegans that avoids colonial inbreeding, managed by a third party of worker ants. This system bears similarities to human matchmaking, but with fundamental genetic drivers rather than social ones.

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Autores principales:	Mathilde Vidal, Florian Königseder, Julia Giehr, Alexandra Schrempf, Christophe Lucas, Jürgen Heinze
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:67ffb8d7253248f693b089a2b6d712e82021-12-02T16:49:07ZWorker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests10.1038/s42003-021-02016-12399-3642https://doaj.org/article/67ffb8d7253248f693b089a2b6d712e82021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02016-1https://doaj.org/toc/2399-3642Vidal et al. identify a breeding system in the ant Cardiocondyla elegans that avoids colonial inbreeding, managed by a third party of worker ants. This system bears similarities to human matchmaking, but with fundamental genetic drivers rather than social ones.Mathilde VidalFlorian KönigsederJulia GiehrAlexandra SchrempfChristophe LucasJürgen HeinzeNature PortfolioarticleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENCommunications Biology, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Mathilde Vidal Florian Königseder Julia Giehr Alexandra Schrempf Christophe Lucas Jürgen Heinze Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests
description	Vidal et al. identify a breeding system in the ant Cardiocondyla elegans that avoids colonial inbreeding, managed by a third party of worker ants. This system bears similarities to human matchmaking, but with fundamental genetic drivers rather than social ones.
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title	Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests
title_short	Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests
title_full	Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests
title_fullStr	Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests
title_full_unstemmed	Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests
title_sort	worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests
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Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests

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