Avoiding plagiarism,
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ORIGINAL PARAGRAPH
“This study
examines whether workers of S. invicta are able to
assist their
mothers in colony usurpations. First we
tested
whether [queens] of S. invicta are better able to usurp colonies to
which their
daughters have moved. Second, we tested
whether
the effect of
daughters on usurpation success is due to familiarity
with the queen
or to genetic relatedness. Aggressive
behavior
during these
usurpation attempts was observed to determine if the
presence of
familiar or related workers influenced the aggressive
response
toward either the resident queen or the queen attempting
usurpation.”
REWRITTEN VERSION 5
An investigation was carried out to determine whether S. invicta mothers are helped by their worker offspring during colony usurpations. The study’s focus of investigation was the question of whether colony take-over by S. invicta queens is more effective when their daughters first invade the colonies. One hypothesis concerned the extent to which daughters’ familiarity with the queen, or their genetic similarity to her, affects successful colony take-over. During attempts at taking over another colony, behavioral observations were made of usurping workers that were either familiar or genetically related to the queens to see if these variables were related to aggressive behavior toward the resident or the invading queen.
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