社会的寄生虫は,社会的な昆虫の繁殖作業員である雄性繁殖作業員による社会寄生虫である

Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde1, J Will Koning, Ruth M Brown

  • 1Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK. carlos.lopez.vaamonde@ioz.ac.uk

Nature
|July 30, 2004
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まとめ

社会的昆虫における利己的な繁殖は,協力の脅威である. 他のコロニーを侵略するハチミツの労働者は,在住の労働者よりも早く,より成功裏に繁殖し,社会的寄生虫の役割を強調します.

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