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Emery's rule: a standalone construct

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Social insect biology

the observation that social parasites of ants and other social insects are often close relatives of their hosts.

In social insect biology, Emery's rule refers to the observation that social parasites of ants and other social insects are often close relatives of their hosts. This meaning comes from Bourke (1991) in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.[1]

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  1. Bourke, A. F. G., & Franks, N. R. (1991). Alternative adaptations, sympatric speciation and the evolution of parasitic, inquiline ants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 43(3), 157-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1991.tb00591.x

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