Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly

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作者
Sumner, S [1 ]
Hughes, WOH [1 ]
Pedersen, JS [1 ]
Boomsma, JJ [1 ]
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[1] Univ Copenhagen, Dept Populat Biol, Inst Biol, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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10.1038/428035a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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