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Social evolution: when promiscuity breeds cooperation.

Jelle S van Zweden1, Dries Cardoen, Tom Wenseleers.   

Abstract

In social evolution theory, it has become common wisdom that close family ties should promote cooperative behaviour. Yet, in social insects, evidence is accumulating that queen promiscuity and low relatedness sometimes work better.
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Year:  2012        PMID: 23137690     DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.003

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Curr Biol        ISSN: 0960-9822            Impact factor:   10.834


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1.  No facultative worker policing in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.).

Authors:  Kevin J Loope; Thomas D Seeley; Heather R Mattila
Journal:  Naturwissenschaften       Date:  2013-02-28
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