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Fertility correlates with queen size and sperm quality in an ant

URN to cite this document:
urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-783753
DOI to cite this document:
10.5283/epub.78375
Blenau, Wolfgang ; Süß, Lena-Marie ; Oettler, Jan ; Jaimes-Nino, Luisa Maria
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Date of publication of this fulltext: 22 Dec 2025 15:44



Abstract

Fitness can vary between individuals of the same population for reasons related to nutrient acquisition during development, but also to the quality of the mating partners. We focus on ant queens of Cardiocondyla obscurior to investigate the effects of female and male morphology and sperm characteristics on productivity. We monitored queens for 12 weeks after egg production started as a proxy for ...

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