The effect of colony size on conflict over male-production between gamergate and dominant workers in the ponerine ant Diacamma sp.
The effect of colony size on conflict over male-production between gamergate and dominant workers in the ponerine ant Diacamma sp.
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蚁群规模对雄性蚂蚁 Diacamma sp 中的玩家门和优势工蚁之间的雄性生产冲突的影响。
DOI：
10.1080/08927014.1996.9522925
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发表时间：
1996
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
K. Tsuji
中科院分区：
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作者：
Kensuke Nakata;K. Tsuji
殖民地的女王poneless Diacamma sp.有女性与三种类型的功能方面的生殖状态：一个交配的工人（gamergate），产卵未交配的占主导地位的工人，和非生殖未交配的下属工人。在实验室中，几只占优势的工蜂产卵，但大多数卵被gamergate吃掉。然而，一些可能导致雄性产生的卵被gamergate忽视并逃脱了食卵。产雄群体的殖民地大小大于非产雄群体。由于蜂群规模过大，gamergate越来越难以找到工蜂产下的卵，这似乎是造成这种现象的原因。
Colonies of the queenless ponerine Diacamma sp. have females with three types of functions with respect to reproductive status: a mated worker (gamergate), egg-laying unmated dominant workers, and non-reproductive unmated subordinate workers. In the laboratory, several dominant workers oviposited but most eggs were eaten by the gamergate. However, some eggs, which may have resulted in the production of males, were overlooked and escaped from oophagy by the gamergate. The colony size of male-producing colonies was larger than that of nonmale producing colonies. An increasing difficulty for the gamergate to find worker-laid eggs caused by large colony size appears to be responsible for this phenomenon.