Upon analyzing whether CHC is a signal for fertility or dominance, researchers concluded that it is a signal for dominance because subordinates with developed ovaries still exhibited profiles that differed from those of dominants.
Despois de analizaren se os hidrocarburos cuticulares son un sinal de fertilidade ou dominancia, os investigadores concluíron que é un sinal de dominancia porque as subordinadas con ovarios desenvolvidos aínda exhibían perfís que diferían dos que presentaban as dominantes.