Caste ratio adjustments in response to perceived and realised competition in parasites with division of labour
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12873
Abstract: Colonial organisms with division of labour are assumed to achieve increased colony-level efficiency in task performance through functional specialisation of individuals into distinct castes. In social insects, ratios of individuals in different castes can adjust… read more here.
Keywords: ratio adjustments; competition; caste; division labour ... See more keywords
Mother knows best: reproductive regulation of caste ratio in a social hemipteran
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DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13105
Abstract: This study presents a novel strategy for regulating caste ratio via maternal reproduction in a parthenogenetic social aphid, Pseudoregma bambucicola. Most mothers in the colony produce only soldiers or normal nymphs, whereas a small proportion… read more here.
Keywords: mother knows; reproductive regulation; knows best; caste ratio ... See more keywords