Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
Larger colony sizes favour greater division of labour between queens and workers in ants.
Juliet Turner, Louis Bell-Roberts, James McCulloch, Matilda Brindle, Rosa Bonifacii, Stuart West
Published: 202510.1093/evolut/qpaf250
Abstract
Explaining variation in the extent of division of labour remains a major problem for our understanding of how complex life evolved. Ants show remarkable variation in their extent of reproductive division of labour, from workers who can reproduce sexu…
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