Pharaoh ant colonies dynamically regulate colony demography by culling young queen and male-destined larvae

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  bioRxiv

• Publication date

  2017-10-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1101/211573
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