Conditional manipulation of sex ratios by ant workers: A test of kin selection theory

被引：215

作者：

Sundstrom, L

Chapuisat, M

Keller, L

机构：

[1] UNIV LAUSANNE,IZEA,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND

[2] UNIV BERN,ETHOL STN HASLI,CH-3032 HINTERKAPELEN,SWITZERLAND

[3] AARHUS UNIV,DEPT ECOL & GENET,DK-8000 AARHUS C,DENMARK

[4] ZOOL MUSEUM,CH-1000 LAUSANNE 17,SWITZERLAND

来源：

SCIENCE | 1996年 / 274卷 / 5289期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.274.5289.993

中图分类号：

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];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Variable queen mating frequencies provide a unique opportunity to study the resolution of worker-queen conflict over sex ratio in social Hymenoptera, because the conflict is maximal in colonies headed by a singly mated queen and is weak or nonexistent in colonies headed by a multiply mated queen. In the wood ant Formica exsecta, workers in colonies with a singly mated queen, but not those in colonies with a multiply mated queen, altered the sex ratio of queen-laid eggs by eliminating males to preferentially raise queens. By this conditional response to queen mating frequency, workers enhance their inclusive fitness.

引用

页码：993 / 995

页数：3

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