Tag: reproductive-skew

• Breeding Systems of Fire Ants

  I’m happy to share a new preprint on the breeding systems of fire ants >>> https://www.authorea.com/users/903412/articles/1278388-reproductive-competition-in-multiple-queen-fire-ant-colonies-insights-from-analyses-of-breeding-systems Understanding social group formation and structure is vital for understanding social evolution. The number of breeding individuals (breeders), their relatedness, and how reproduction is shared among the breeders comprise the “breeding system” of a species.  This project started as…

  Horace. Z

  March 20, 2025

  General, Research

  ants, breeding-system, evolution, genetics, insects, reproductive-skew