Born to be bee, fed to be worker? The caste system of a primitively eusocial insect
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Primitively eusocial halictid bees are excellent systems to study the origin of eusociality, because all individuals have retained the ancestral ability to breed independently. In the sweat bee <it>Halictus scabiosae</it&g...
Main Authors: | Brand Nayuta, Chapuisat Michel |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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Online Access: | http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/9/1/35 |
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