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Evolution of eusociality [PDF]

Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018
Insulin signalling underlies the evolution and regulation of eusocial behaviours in ants, posits a recent study in Science.
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Phylogeny of Eusocial Lasioglossum Reveals Multiple Losses of Eusociality within a Primitively Eusocial Clade of Bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) [PDF]

Systematic Biology, 2003
We performed a phylogenetic analysis of the species, species groups, and subgenera within the predominantly eusocial lineage of Lasioglossum (the Hemihalictus series) based on three protein coding genes: mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I, nuclear elongation factor 1alpha and long-wavelength rhodopsin.
Bryan N, Danforth, Lindsay, Conway, Shuqing, Ji   +2 more
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The Genome and Methylome of a Subsocial Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina calcarata [PDF]

, 2016
Understanding the evolution of animal societies, considered to be a major transition in evolution, is a key topic in evolutionary biology. Recently, new gateways for understanding social evolution have opened up due to advances in genomics, allowing for ...
Glastad, Karl M., Hunt, Brendan G., Lawson, Sarah P., Rehan, Sandra M.   +3 more
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Development of Multiple Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Ceratina calcarata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Using Genome-Wide Analysis [PDF]

, 2016
The small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata (Robertson), is a widespread native pollinator across eastern North America. The behavioral ecology and nesting biology of C.
Brittain, Grover, Kijas, Raymond, Rehan, Sandra M. Rehan, Thiel, Wyatt A. Shell   +7 more
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A unified model of Hymenopteran preadaptations that trigger the evolutionary transition to eusociality

Nature Communications, 2017
The Hymenoptera are thought to have preadaptations responsible for the repeated evolution of eusociality in ants, bees, and wasps. Here, Quiñones and Pen model the evolution of primitively social insects and identify factors that synergistically promote ...
Andrés E. Quiñones, Ido Pen
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Non-kin Cooperation in Ants

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Eusociality represents an extreme form of social behavior characterized by a reproductive division of labor. Eusociality necessarily evolved through kin selection, which requires interactions among related individuals.
Andrew V. Suarez, Andrew V. Suarez, Michael A. D. Goodisman   +2 more
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The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The shift from solitary to social behavior is one of the major evolutionary transitions. Primitively eusocial bumblebees are uniquely placed to illuminate the evolution of highly eusocial insect societies.
Amdam, Gro V., Antonio, David S. Marco, Aqrawi, Peshtewani K., Asher, Claire, Barribeau, Seth M., Beckers, Matthew, Bennett, Anna K., Beye, Martin, Biewer, Matthias, Bitondi, Márcia M. G., Blankenburg, Kerstin P., Blaxter, Mark L., Bloch, Guy, Blommaert, Julie, Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, Bourke, Andrew F. G., Brown, Mark J. F., Buechel, Severine D., Cameron, Rossanah, Cappelle, Kaat, Carolan, James C., Chipman, Ariel D., Chittka, Lars, Christiaens, Olivier, Ciborowski, Kate L., Clarke, David F., Colgan, Thomas J., Collins, David H., Coyle, Marcus, Cridge, Andrew G., Câmara, Francisco, Dalmay, Tamas, de Graaf, Dirk C., Dearden, Peter, Debyser, Griet, Devreese, Bart, Dreier, Stephanie, du Plessis, Louis, Duncan, Elizabeth, Elsik, Christine G., Erler, Silvio, Evans, Jay, Falcon, Tiago, Flores, Kevin, Fouks, Bertrand, Francisco, Liezl, Freitas, Flávia C. P., Fuchikawa, Taro, Gadau, Jürgen, Gempe, Tanja, Gibbs, Richard A., Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J. P., Guigó, Roderic, Hartfelder, Klaus, Hasselmann, Martin, Hauser, Frank, Helbing, Sophie, Hernandez, Alvaro G., Hoff, Katharina, Holder, Michael, Hudson, Matthew E., Humann, Fernanda C., Irvine, Frano, Jackson, Laronda, Jayaseelan, Joy, Jermiin, Lars S., Johnson, Claire E., Johnson, Reed M., Jones, Andrew K., Joshi, Vandita, Kadowaki, Tatsuhiko, Kidner, Jonathan H., Klasberg, Steffen, Koch, Vasco, Kovar, Christie, Kraus, F Bernhard, Köhler, Arian, Lattorff, H. Michael G., Leask, Megan, Lee, Sandra L., Liu, Jisheng, Lockett, Gabrielle A., Lozier, Jeffrey D., Mallon, Eamonn B., Mariotti, Marco, Marxer, Monika, Mata, Robert, Mathew, Tittu, Meeus, Ivan, Moritz, Robin F. A., Munoz-Torres, Monica, Murphy, Terence, Muzny, Donna M., Nair, Ajay, Newsham, Irene F., Ngo, Robin, Nissen, Inga, Niu, Jinzhi, Nunes, Francis M. F., Näpflin, Kathrin, O'Neill, Meaghan P., Oakeshott, John G., Okwuonu, Geoffrey, Osborne, Amy, Otte, Marianne, Pham, Christopher, Pinheiro, Daniel G., Pu, Ling-Ling, Puiu, Daniela, Qu, Jiaxin, Richards, Stephen, Robertson, Hugh M., Robinson, Gene E., Rossié, Nina, Rueppell, Olav, Saada, Nehad, Sadd, Ben M., Salzberg, Steven L., Santesmasses, Didac, Santibanez, Jireh, Santos, Carolina G., Scherer, Steven E., Schmid-Hempel, Paul, Schmid-Hempel, Regula, Schmitt, Björn D., Schulte, Christina, Simmons, Denard, Simões, Zilá Lp, Smagghe, Guy, Soares, Michelle P. M., Stolle, Eckart, Sumner, Seirian, Swevers, Luc, Thornton, Rebecca, van Vaerenbergh, Matthias, Venkat, Aarti, Walden, Kimberly K. O., Waterhouse, Robert M., Winnebeck, Eva C., Wolschin, Florian, Worley, Kim C., Wu, Yuan-Qing, Yu, Na, Zdobnov, Evgeny M.   +143 more
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Hybridization enables the fixation of selfish queen genotypes in eusocial colonies

Evolution Letters, 2021
A eusocial colony typically consists of two main castes: queens that reproduce and sterile workers that help them. This division of labor, however, is vulnerable to genetic elements that favor the development of their carriers into queens.
Arthur Weyna, Jonathan Romiguier, Charles Mullon   +2 more
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Religion’s Possible Role in Facilitating Eusocial Human Societies. A Behavioral Biology (Ethological) Perspective

Studia Humana, 2016
Eusociality is the most successful animal social system on earth. It is found in many social insects, a few crustacean species, and only three vertebrates: two African naked mole rats and human beings.
Feierman Jay R.
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Inclusive fitness theorizing invokes phenomena that are not relevant for the evolution of eusociality. [PDF]

PLoS Biology, 2015
In this Formal Comment, the authors challenge the claims of a recent theoretical study that genetic relatedness is important in the evolution of eusociality.
Martin A Nowak, Benjamin Allen
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