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Table 4 Thresholds for favoring female behaviors that affect self and both sexes of coevals.

From: Theory of genomic imprinting conflict in social insects

 

(1) One queen, singly mated

(2) One queen, x mates

(3) q queens, singly mated

Non-imprinted

Patrigenic

n coF

Matrigenic

Patri. > Matri.

Maternal

  1. The numbers represent the benefit/cost ratio above which selfishness is favored (expression 10), and the cost/benefit ratio below which altruism is favored (expression 11). Low values are more selfish. Columns and rows as in Table 2.