Extreme genetic mixing within colonies of the wood‐dwelling termite K alotermes flavicollis ( I soptera, K alotermitidae)

The existence of altruism in social insects is commonly attributed to altruistic individuals gaining indirect fitness through kin selection. However, recent studies suggest that such individuals might also gain direct fitness through reproduction. Experimental studies on primitive wood‐dwelling term...

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Veröffentlicht in:Molecular ecology 2013-06, Vol.22 (12), p.3391-3402
Hauptverfasser: Luchetti, A., Dedeine, F., Velonà, A., Mantovani, B.
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Sprache:eng
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