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The influence of worker age on trophogenic larval dormancy in the Ant myrmica

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Weir, J.S. The influence of worker age on trophogenic larval dormancy in the Ant myrmica. Ins. Soc 6, 271–290 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02224411

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