One Giant Leap: How Insects Achieved Altruism and Colonial Life

Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 17 - 25
Published: Jan 1, 2008
Abstract
The advanced colonial state of eusociality has evolved in insects as a defense of nest sites within foraging distance of persistent food sources. In the Hymenoptera, the final step in the approach to eusociality is through a suite of preadaptations comprising simultaneous provisioning, fidelity to the nest, and a preexisting propensity toward dominance behavior and the selection of tasks according to opportunity. The only genetic change needed...
Paper Details
Title
One Giant Leap: How Insects Achieved Altruism and Colonial Life
Published Date
Jan 1, 2008
Journal
Volume
58
Issue
1
Pages
17 - 25
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