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The evolution of eusociality through maternal manipulation

, 2022
Eusociality is a fundamental phenomenon in many insects, yet its evolution and underlying mechanisms are still not clearly understood. Many analyses focus largely on worker altruism: offspring may forgo their own reproduction if the costs of this are ...
Rees-Baylis, Ella, Pen, Ido, Kreider, Jan J.; id_orcid   +2 more
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Modeling evolutionary transitions in social insects

eLife, 2016
Mathematical models based on direct fitness calculations may be able to explain important aspects of social evolution in insects.
Michael Doebeli, Ehab Abouheif
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Flashy Neighbours: Psilocladus mantilleri Zeballos, Nunes, Silveira & Rosa, sp. nov., the First Termitariophile Firefly Larva (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Fireflies are semelparous beetles whose immature stages are largely unknown. The comparatively few larvae known span diverse ecological niches, such as ground‐dwellers, aquatic (freshwater or marine), semi‐aquatic and arboreal. Psilocladus costae Vaz, Silveira & Rosa, 2020—a bromeliad dweller—is the only species of its genus and subfamily in ...
Leandro Zeballos, Viviane C. S. Nunes, Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira, Cláudio Ruy Vasconcelos da Fonseca, Simone Policena Rosa   +4 more
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Mitochondrial tRNA gene translocations in highly eusocial bees

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2006
Mitochondrial gene rearrangement events, especially involving tRNA genes, have been described more frequently as more complete mitochondrial genome sequences are becoming available.
Daniela Silvestre, Maria Cristina Arias
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Scratching beneath the surface: Quantification of muscle architecture and myosin heavy chain content in the forelimbs of black‐tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys, Rodentia)

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 5, Page 1181-1207, November 2026.
Black‐tailed prairie dogs are highly social ground squirrels that excavate communal burrow systems, most often in medium‐textured soils. Their forelimbs demonstrate morphofunctional trade‐offs for scratch‐digging and terrestrial ecology, including well‐developed and fast‐contracting proximal musculature with large mechanical advantage paired with ...
Luke A. Scheetz, Carter A. Burnett, Benjamin R. Kimble, David A. Eads, Michael T. Butcher   +4 more
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Digest: Evolution of eusociality favored by split sex ratios under worker‐control*

, 2019
Ernst UR. Digest: Evolution of eusociality favored by split sex ratios under worker‐control*. Evolution.
Ernst, Ulrich R.
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Relatedness (r) and the evolution of eusociality.

, 2015
The worker-assisted birthrate b and the probability of staying q are allowed to vary, while other parameters are as in Figure 4 of Nowak et al. [13] (m = 3, b0 = 0.5, d0 = 0.1, d = 0.01, α = 0.1, η = 0.01). Filled circles show values of relatedness r and
Stephen Rong (709692), David C. Queller (130495), Xiaoyun Liao (43132)   +2 more
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Editorial: Advances in the evolutionary ecology of termites, volume II

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Daniel Aguilera-Olivares, Solange Issa, Alberto Arab   +2 more
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Chemical and transcriptomic diversity do not correlate with ascending levels of social complexity in the insect order Blattodea

Ecology and Evolution
Eusocial insects, such as ants and termites, are characterized by high levels of coordinated social organization. This is contrasted by solitary insects that display more limited forms of collective behavior.
Marek J. Golian, Daniel A. Friedman, Mark Harrison, Dino P. McMahon, Jan Buellesbach   +4 more
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Sensitivity to cuticular hydrocarbons across the odorant receptor family in the Indian jumping ant, Harpegnathos saltator

Frontiers in Insect Science
IntroductionEusocial insects rely on the olfactory detection of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) to mediate important social interactions, such as nestmate recognition and division of labor. In the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator, highly expanded odorant
Røskva Tórhalsdóttir, Benjamin I. Morris, Aiden Masters, Bogdan Sieriebriennikov, Bogdan Sieriebriennikov, Amatullah Tawawalla, Lydia F. Naughton, Deanna Cannizzaro, Jenna Longo, Kendall Ham, Bri Pomonis, Alex Lyford, Jocelyn G. Millar, Gregory M. Pask   +13 more
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