A unified model of Hymenopteran preadaptations that trigger the evolutionary transition to eusociality
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15920
Abstract: Explaining the origin of eusociality, with strict division of labour between workers and reproductives, remains one of evolutionary biology’s greatest challenges. Specific combinations of genetic, behavioural and demographic traits in Hymenoptera are thought to explain… read more here.
Keywords: hymenopteran preadaptations; preadaptations trigger; unified model; eusociality ... See more keywords
Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae)
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DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy124
Abstract: Abstract The hypothesis that eusociality originated once in Vespidae has shaped interpretation of social evolution for decades and has driven the supposition that preimaginal morphophysiological differences between castes were absent at the outset of eusociality.… read more here.
Keywords: nest sharing; evolution; eusociality; casteless nest ... See more keywords
Male survivorship and the evolution of eusociality in partially bivoltine sweat bees
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276428
Abstract: Eusociality, where workers typically forfeit their own reproduction to assist their mothers in raising siblings, is a fundamental paradox in evolutionary biology. By sacrificing personal reproduction, helpers pay a significant cost, which must be outweighed… read more here.
Keywords: second brood; first brood; brood males; brood ... See more keywords