Favoring Family Boosts Bulb Mite Reproductive Fitness (1 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Favoring Family Boosts Bulb Mite Reproductive Fitness (1 of 4)

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Bulb mite female filled with eggs. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 15, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. ukasiewicz at Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna, Poland, and colleagues was titled, 'Kin selection promotes female productivity and cooperation between the sexes.'

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[Credit: A. ukasiewicz]

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