Reciprocal signaling between quorum sensing mutants: A model for division of labor. [PDF]
microPublication BiologyDivision of labor, the specialization of subsets of individuals in complementary tasks, increases population efficiency and fitness. We explored swarming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing mutants as a model for studying the division of ...
Farah Abdul-Rahman, Joao Xavier
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Fitness drivers of division of labor in vertebrates [PDF]
eLifeAlthough division of labor as a means to increase productivity is a common feature in animal social groups, most previous studies have focused almost exclusively on eusocial insects with extreme task partitioning.
Irene García-Ruiz, Dustin R Rubenstein
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Freshwater trematodes differ from marine trematodes in patterns connected with division of labor [PDF]
PeerJBackground Prior research suggests that trematode rediae, a developmental stage of trematode parasites that reproduce clonally within a snail host, show evidence of division of labor (DOL).
Allison T. Neal +4 more
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Evolution of genome fragility enables microbial division of labor [PDF]
Molecular Systems Biology, 2023 Division of labor can evolve when social groups benefit from the functional specialization of its members. Recently, a novel means of coordinating the division of labor was found in the antibiotic‐producing bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor, where ...
Enrico Sandro Colizzi +4 more
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Neuropeptides Specify and Reprogram Division of Labor in the Leafcutter Ant Atta Cephalotes [PDF]
CellAnatoly Korotkov
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Self-organized division of cognitive labor.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Often members of a group benefit from dividing the group's task into separate components, where each member specializes their role so as to accomplish only one of the components.
Edgar Andrade-Lotero, Robert L Goldstone
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Behavioral Ability and Division of Forestry Production of Households——Data From Fujian Province in China [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 Division of labor can increase labor productivity. Compared with the division of agricultural production, the division of forestry production has a typical positive externality. It is more scientific to study the division of labor in forestry production.
Wen Yaping, Feng Liangming, Liu Weiping
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The Gendered Division of Labor in Brazilian Political Science Journals
Brazilian Political Science Review, 2021 This article analyzes the gendered division of labor in Brazilian political science. We seek to answer two questions: what are the predominant topics in political science that are being published in the discipline’s journals?
Marcia Rangel Candido +2 more
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How geometry shapes division of labor
eLife, 2020 A mathematical model shows how the shape of early multicellular organisms may have helped cells evolve specialized roles.
Merlijn Staps, Corina Tarnita
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A preliminary evaluation of psychological stress amongst workers in Taiwan: a cross-sectional survey
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019 Background Stress and psychological disorders have been assigned increasing significance in the field of occupational health. Based on Japan’s psychiatric disability occupational disease recognition regulation, Taiwan’s Council of Labor Affairs announced
Wan-Yu Yeh +4 more
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