Costs of reproduction are present but latent in eusocial bumblebee queens

Background The standard evolutionary theory of ageing proposes that ageing occurs because of a trade-off between reproduction and longevity. Eusocial insect queens exhibit positive fecundity-longevity associations and so have been suggested to be counter-examples through not expressing costs of repr...
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Autor*in:

Collins, David H. [verfasserIn]

Prince, David C.

Donelan, Jenny L.

Chapman, Tracey

Bourke, Andrew F. G.

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2023

Schlagwörter:

Age-related gene expression

Costs of reproduction

Eusociality

Evolutionary theory of ageing

mRNA-seq

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© The Author(s) 2023

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Enthalten in: BMC biology - Berlin : Springer, 2003, 21(2023), 1 vom: 10. Juli

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volume:21 ; year:2023 ; number:1 ; day:10 ; month:07

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/s12915-023-01648-5

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SPR052204820

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