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Single-queen colony

Intervention

1 paper2 findings

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  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Model organisms1

Outcomes

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Oocyte development

upin T. magnum1

1 study

  1. Single-queen colony increases oocyte development in T. magnum.

    “Workers lived longer and had more developing oocytes in their ovaries in single-queen than in two-queen colonies.”

    Model organismssingle-queen vs two-queen coloniesovary

    Worker Survival and Egg Production-But Not Transcriptional Activity-Respond to Queen Number in the Highly Polygynous, Invasive Ant Tapinoma magnum

    Molecular ecology4 Feb 2025

Lifespan

upin T. magnum1

1 study

  1. Single-queen colony extends lifespan in T. magnum.

    “Workers lived longer and had more developing oocytes in their ovaries in single-queen than in two-queen colonies.”

    Model organismssingle-queen vs two-queen colonies

    Worker Survival and Egg Production-But Not Transcriptional Activity-Respond to Queen Number in the Highly Polygynous, Invasive Ant Tapinoma magnum

    Molecular ecology4 Feb 2025

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