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A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity
Frontiers in Genetics, 2015 The termites evolved eusociality and complex societies before the ants, but have been studied much less. The recent publication of the first two termite genomes provides a unique comparative opportunity, particularly because the sequenced termites ...
Judith eKorb +8 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. +3 more
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eLife, 2014 The concerted evolution of morphological and behavioral specializations has compelling examples in ant castes. Unique to ants is a marked divergence between winged queens and wingless workers, but morphological specializations for behaviors on the ground
Roberto A Keller +2 more
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Minimizing moving distance in deposition behavior of the subterranean termite
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Subterranean termite nests are located underground and termites forage out by constructing tunnels to reach food resources, and tunneling behavior is critical in order to maximize the foraging efficiency.
Sang‐Bin Lee +3 more
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White ants, empire and entomo-politics in South Asia [PDF]
, 2020 By focussing on the history of white ants in colonial South Asia, this article shows how insects were ubiquitous and fundamental to the shaping of British colonial power.
Deb Roy, Rohan
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Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in Metrosis
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2000 The ants Pogonomyrmex catifornicus and Pheidole tucsonica display cooperative colony foundation with co-foundresses forming associations without respect to relatedness.
Steven W. Rissing +2 more
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Hornets Have It: A Conserved Olfactory Subsystem for Social Recognition in Hymenoptera?
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2017 Eusocial Hymenoptera colonies are characterized by the presence of altruistic individuals, which rear their siblings instead of their own offspring. In the course of evolution, such sterile castes are thought to have emerged through the process of kin ...
Antoine Couto +4 more
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Nutrition in Social Insects [PDF]
, 2020 Nutrition concerns physiological and behavioral processes involved in the acquisition of nutrients and other chemicals required for energy, growth, tissue maintenance, and reproduction. While some components are synthetized by the insects themselves, many are ingested with the food, which for social insects can be as diverse as plant leaves, flower ...
Kraus, Stéphane +2 more
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Queen control of a key life-history event in a eusocial insect [PDF]
, 2013 In eusocial insects, inclusive fitness theory predicts potential queen–worker conflict over the timing of events in colony life history. Whether queens or workers control the timing of these events is poorly understood.
Andrew F. G. Bourke +5 more
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Termite Taxonomy, Challenges and Prospects: West Africa, A Case Example
Insects, 2019 Termites are important ecosystem engineers. Yet they are often difficult to identify due to the lack of reliable species-specific morphological traits for many species, which hampers ecological research. Recently, termitologists working with West African
Judith Korb +13 more
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