Patterns of split sex ratio in ants have multiple evolutionary causes based on different within-colony conflicts

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Biology Letters

• Publication date

  2009-10-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0295PMID 19457886PMCID PMC2781953
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