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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Lenguaje: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/67ffb8d7253248f693b089a2b6d712e8 |
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