The evolution of eusociality

M Andersson - Annual review of ecology and systematics, 1984 - JSTOR
Eusociality is characterized by overlapping adult generations, cooperative brood care, and
more or less nonreproductive workers or helpers (96, 151). Evolutionists have long …

Evolution of eusociality in termites

BL Thorne - Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1997 - annualreviews.org
Eusociality in Isoptera (termites) converges along many lines with colony organization and
highly social behavior in the phylogenetically distinct insect order Hymenoptera (ants, bees …

Origin of termite eusociality: trophallaxis integrates the social, nutritional, and microbial environments

CA Nalepa - Ecological Entomology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
1. Numerous cladistic analyses have converged: termites are a monophyletic clade
embedded within the paraphyletic cockroaches, and sister group to the biparental, wood …

[图书][B] The evolution of social wasps

JH Hunt - 2007 - books.google.com
Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the
transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolved evolutionary mystery. In The Evolution …

[图书][B] The genetics of altruism

S Boorman, PR Levitt - 2012 - books.google.com
The Genetics of Altruism covers the primary findings on social evolution, social trait, and
altruism from a population genetics standpoint to establish a system of genetic boxes. It …

Natural selection. VII. History and interpretation of kin selection theory

SA Frank - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Kin selection theory is a kind of causal analysis. The initial form of kin selection ascribed
cause to costs, benefits and genetic relatedness. The theory then slowly developed a …

[PDF][PDF] Nourishment and the origin of termite eusociality

CA Nalepa - Nourishment and evolution in insect societies, 1994 - researchgate.net
During the last few decades, theories of the evolution of eusociality in insects have been
constructed primarily for the Hymenoptera, disregarding the fact that termites share few of …

Stepping patterns in tarantula spiders

DM Wilson - Journal of Experimental Biology, 1967 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT A descriptive model for the walking patterns of eight-legged animals similar to
one applicable to some insects is presented. Data from films of walking tarantulas are …

A conceptual model for the origin of worker behaviour and adaptation of eusociality

JH Hunt - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In a model based on the wasp family Vespidae, the origin of worker behaviour, which
constitutes the eusociality threshold, is not based on relatedness, therefore the origin of …

Natural selection. I. Variable environments and uncertain returns on investment

SA Frank - Journal of evolutionary biology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Many studies have analysed how variability in reproductive success affects fitness.
However, each study tends to focus on a particular problem, leaving unclear the overall …