Relationship of queen number and queen relatedness in multiple‐queen colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

@article{Goodisman1997RelationshipOQ,
  title={Relationship of queen number and queen relatedness in multiple‐queen colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta},
  author={Michael A. D. Goodisman and Kenneth G. Ross},
  journal={Ecological Entomology},
  year={1997},
  volume={22}
}
1. The relationship between the number of queens per nest and their relatedness was examined in the polygyne (multiple queens per nest) social form of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. 
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