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Entomology

the proposal that social insect queens mate multiply because genetically diverse worker forces improve colony performance and disease resistance.

In entomology, polyandry genetic diversity hypothesis refers to the proposal that social insect queens mate multiply because genetically diverse worker forces improve colony performance and disease resistance. This meaning comes from Crozier (1985) in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.[1]

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References

Crozier, R. H., & Page, R. E. (1985). On being the right size: male contributions and multiple mating in social Hymenoptera. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 18(2), 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00299039

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