Correlates and Consequences of Worker Polymorphism in Ants.

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Annual Review of Entomology

• Publication date

  2018-01-11

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043357PMID 29068707
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