Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2010-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2009.12.001PMID 20106547
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