'Altruistic' Wasps Actually Looking Out for Number One (5 of 5) (IMAGE)

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'Altruistic' Wasps Actually Looking Out for Number One (5 of 5)

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Polistes dominulus foundresses with paint marks for identification. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 12, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Elloiuse Leadbeater of the University of Sussex in London, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Nest Inheritance Is the Missing Source of Direct Fitness in a Primitively Eusocial Insect."

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Photo by Jasper van Heusden

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