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Entomology

the puzzle Darwin raised of how sterile worker castes can evolve by natural selection when workers leave no offspring, now explained through kin and colony-level selection.

In entomology, Darwin's special difficulty refers to the puzzle Darwin raised of how sterile worker castes can evolve by natural selection when workers leave no offspring, now explained through kin and colony-level selection. This meaning comes from Ratnieks (2010) in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.[1]

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  1. Ratnieks, F. L. W., Foster, K. R., & Wenseleers, T. (2010). Darwin's special difficulty: the evolution of “neuter insects” and current theory. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(3), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-010-1124-8

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