Evolutionary transitions towards eusociality in snapping shrimps
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Complete Citation
- Chak, Solomon Tin Chi, Duffy, J. Emmett, Hultgren, Kristin M., and Rubenstein, Dustin R. 2017. "Evolutionary transitions towards eusociality in snapping shrimps." Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1 0096. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0096.
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Abstract
- Analysis of multiple species of sponge-dwelling, snapping shrimp reveals pair-forming, communal and eusocial species, suggestive of evolution of eusociality via a 'family-centred model', paralleling insects and vertebrates.
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- 2017
