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... Offspring Sexual Individuals Generation Males Females Parthenogenetic Females 1 49 49 1 2 49 49 2 3 49 49 4 4a 45 45 7 5a 43 43 13 : . : n 0 0 100 Proportion of Females That Are Parthenogenetic 1/50 = 0.02 2/51 = 0.04 4/53 = 0.08 7/52 ...
... Offspring Sexual Individuals Generation Males Females Parthenogenetic Females 1 49 49 1 2 49 49 2 3 49 49 4 4a 45 45 7 5a 43 43 13 : . : n 0 0 100 Proportion of Females That Are Parthenogenetic 1/50 = 0.02 2/51 = 0.04 4/53 = 0.08 7/52 ...
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... offspring [ 716 ] . Parental investment is whatever increases the probability that an existing offspring will survive to reproduce at the cost of the parent's ability to generate additional offspring . Males and females probably have ...
... offspring [ 716 ] . Parental investment is whatever increases the probability that an existing offspring will survive to reproduce at the cost of the parent's ability to generate additional offspring . Males and females probably have ...
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... offspring ; but instead of the offspring winning , they see the worker caste as evidence that the queen has won [ 11 , 15 ] . If a queen mother carries genes that predispose her to generate some sterile progeny that do not reproduce but ...
... offspring ; but instead of the offspring winning , they see the worker caste as evidence that the queen has won [ 11 , 15 ] . If a queen mother carries genes that predispose her to generate some sterile progeny that do not reproduce but ...
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