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
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/67ffb8d7253248f693b089a2b6d712e8
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