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Caste-specific expression of genetic variation in the size of antibiotic-producing glands of leaf-cutting ants

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Experimentally increased group diversity improves disease resistance in an ant species

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Multiple paternity or multiple queens: two routes to greater intracolonial genetic diversity in the eusocial Hymenoptera

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Genetic royal cheats in leaf-cutting ant societies

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