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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Divergent reproductive interests of males and females often cause sexual conflict
    [1] and [2]. Males of many species manipulate females by transferring seminal
    fluids that boost female short-term fecundity while decreasing their life expectancy
    and future reproductivity [3] and [4]. The life history of ants, however, is expected
    to reduce sexual conflict; whereas most insect females show repeated phases of
    mating and reproduction, antqueens mate only during a short period early in life
    and undergo a lifelong commitment to their mates by storing sperm [5]. Furthermore,
    sexual offspring can only be reared after a sterile worker force has been built
    up [5]. Therefore, the males should also profit from a long female lifespan. In
    the antCardiocondyla obscurior, mating indeed has a positive effect on the lifetime
    reproductive success of queens. Queens that mated to either one fertile or one
    sterilized male lived considerably longer and started laying eggs earlier than
    virgin queens. Only queens that received viable sperm from fertile males showed
    increased fecundity. The lack of a trade-off between fecundity and longevity is
    unexpected, given evolutionary theories of aging [6]. Our data instead reveal
    the existence of sexual cooperation in ants.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Alexandra
      foaf_name: Schrempf, Alexandra
      foaf_surname: Schrempf
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jürgen
      foaf_name: Heinze, Jürgen
      foaf_surname: Heinze
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Sylvia
      foaf_name: Cremer, Sylvia
      foaf_surname: Cremer
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
  bibo_doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.036
  bibo_issue: '3'
  bibo_volume: 15
  dct_date: 2005^xs_gYear
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Cell Press@
  dct_title: 'Sexual cooperation: mating increases longevity in ant queens@'
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