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SUBMITTER: Rueppell O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2610052 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rueppell Olav O Johnson Nels N Rychtár Jan J
Biology letters 20080601 3
Female mating frequency is one of the key parameters of social insect evolution. Several hypotheses have been suggested to explain multiple mating and considerable empirical research has led to conflicting results. Building on several earlier analyses, we present a simple general model that links the number of queen matings to variance in colony performance and this variance to average colony fitness. The model predicts selection for multiple mating if the average colony succeeds in a focal task ...[more]