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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proceedings : 65th Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference

Proceedings of the 65th Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference, held January 9-10 ...
Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference
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Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Chapman A, Amiri E, Han B, McDermott E, Rueppell O, Tarpy DR, Foster LJ, McAfee A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Proceedings : 66th Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference

Proceedings of the 66th Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference, held January 8 & 9 ...
Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference
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A locally-blazed ant trail achieves efficient collective navigation despite limited information

eLife, 2016
Any organism faces sensory and cognitive limitations which may result in maladaptive decisions. Such limitations are prominent in the context of groups where the relevant information at the individual level may not coincide with collective requirements ...
Ehud Fonio, Yael Heyman, Lucas Boczkowski, Aviram Gelblum, Adrian Kosowski, Amos Korman, Ofer Feinerman   +6 more
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Intergenerational genotypic interactions drive collective behavioural cycles in a social insect. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2022
Jud SL, Knebel D, Ulrich Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Underground Signals: The Ecological Power of Root Volatiles

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Root volatiles mediate rhizosphere chemical communication, shaping interactions among plants, microbes, herbivores, and natural enemies. Their production, transport, and perception underpin ecological adaptation, multitrophic interactions, and plant resilience, offering opportunities for sustainable crop protection, resilient agroecosystems, and ...
Xueyao Cao, Nanli Song, François Verheggen, Meritxell Pérez‐Hedo, Andrea Clavijo McCormick, Antonino Cusumano, Arthur de Fouchier, Bing Wang, Chen‐Zhu Wang, Emmanuelle Jacquin‐Joly, Gary W. Felton, Geoff M. Gurr, Hao Guo, Jiancai Li, Jin Zhang, Li Chen, Manqun Wang, Michele Ricupero, Peng Han, Peng He, Qi Yan, Qingbo Tang, Qingsong Liu, Shiheng An, Xiangbo Kong, Xiaoling Sun, Xueming Ren, Yuanyuan Song, Yang Liu, Yanhui Guo, Yunhe Li, Xiao Sun   +31 more
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Uncovering variation in social insect communication. [PDF]

Curr Zool, 2021
Cini A, Casacci LP, Nehring V.
europepmc   +1 more source

RNAi in the Rhizarian Phytopathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: The Causal Agent of Clubroot Disease in Cruciferous Crops

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study uncovers an unusual RNAi pathway in the rhizarian pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae. In the absence of Dicer, a Drosha‐like RNase III protein supports the biogenesis of predominant 21‐nt small RNAs, and two Argonaute proteins mediate small RNA‐guided silencing.
Xiong Zhang, Yupo Wu, Jiachang Hou, Lixia Gao, Longqi Pan, Cuicui Shen, Chuanji Zhao, Feng Gao, Yi Zhang, Li Ren, Xiaoping Fang, Xiaoling Dun, Shengyi Liu, Lijiang Liu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source