Back to one: consequences of derived monogyny in an ant with polygynous ancestors

DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments:: 10.5283/epub.5622

Schrempf, Alexandra ; Heinze, Jürgen

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The number of queens per colony is of fundamental importance in the life history of social insects. Multiple queening (polygyny), with dependent colony founding by budding, has repeatedly evolved from ancestral single queening (monogyny) and independent founding by solitary queens in waSPS, bees and ants. By contrast, the reversal to monogyny appears to be rare, as polygynous queens often lack ...