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Body size and sperm quality in queen- and worker-produced ant males

URN to cite this document:
urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-446934
DOI to cite this document:
10.5283/epub.44693
Giehr, Julia ; Wallner, Jennifer ; Krüger, Theresa ; Heinze, Jürgen
Date of publication of this fulltext: 01 Feb 2021 09:53

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Abstract

Workers of many species of social Hymenoptera have functional ovaries and are capable of laying haploid, unfertilized eggs, at least in the absence of a queen. Except for honeybees, it remains largely unknown whether worker-produced males have the same quality as queen-produced males and whether workers benefit in direct fitness by producing their sons. Previous studies in the monogynous ant ...

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