Cape honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis, police worker-laid eggs despite the absence of relatedness benefits
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C. W. W. Pirk, P. Neumann, and F. L. W. Ratnieks Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Zoologie II, Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa, Institut für Zoologie/Molekulare Ökologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kröllwitzer Str. 44, D-06099 Halle/Saale, Germany, and Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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تاریخ انتشار 2003