GENETIC VARIABILITY. “Greater genetic variability in the workforce, and hence lower relatedness, can be favored by group selection. In the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, for example, colonies with greater genetic variation have overwhelmingly higher rates of growth and reproduction than those with less variation. This rise in fitness may be due to the enhancement of labor division by spreading tasks among workers with genetic predispositions to specialization.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022