Degeneration of sperm reservoir and the loss of mating ability in worker ants

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Die Naturwissenschaften

• Publication date

  2008-08-13

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s00114-008-0420-xPMID 18704355
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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