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- URN zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments:
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-528996
- DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments:
- 10.5283/epub.52899
Zusammenfassung
Workers of the ant Cardiocondyla elegans drop female sexuals into the nest entrance of other colonies to promote outbreeding with unrelated, wingless males. Corroborating the results from previous years, we document that carrier and carried female sexuals are typically related and that the transfer initially occurs mostly from their joint natal colonies to unrelated colonies. Female sexuals mate ...