Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, 10/2014, Volume 514, Issue 7522, pp. 308 - 309
On page 359 of this issue, Pruitt and Goodnight2 present a rare experimental study from a group-selection perspective in natural populations, providing...
Studies | Animal reproduction | Evolution | Spiders | Insects | Animal behavior
Studies | Animal reproduction | Evolution | Spiders | Insects | Animal behavior
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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, ISSN 2041-1723, 06/2019, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 2651 - 11
Eusociality has convergently evolved multiple times, but the genomic basis of caste-based division of labor and degree to which independent origins of...
SOCIAL-BEHAVIOR | HYMENOPTERA | SIGNATURES | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | ANT | EVO-DEVO | CASTE | PATTERNS | JUVENILE-HORMONE | SELECTION | EXPRESSION | Honey | Origins | Ants | Insects | Eusociality | Genes | Biological evolution | Evolution | Evolutionary genetics | Bees | Division of labor | Convergence
SOCIAL-BEHAVIOR | HYMENOPTERA | SIGNATURES | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | ANT | EVO-DEVO | CASTE | PATTERNS | JUVENILE-HORMONE | SELECTION | EXPRESSION | Honey | Origins | Ants | Insects | Eusociality | Genes | Biological evolution | Evolution | Evolutionary genetics | Bees | Division of labor | Convergence
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DIRECT, MATERNAL, AND SIBSOCIAL GENETIC EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUAL AND COLONY TRAITS IN AN ANT
Evolution, ISSN 0014-3820, 2006, Volume 60, Issue 12, pp. 2552 - 2561
Abstract When social interactions occur, the phenotype of an individual is influenced directly by its own genes (direct genetic effects) but also indirectly by...
Caste ratio | queen-worker conflict | sex ratio | social evolution | indirect genetic effects | kin selection | Sex ratio | Queen-worker conflict | Social evolution | Indirect genetic effects | Kin selection
Caste ratio | queen-worker conflict | sex ratio | social evolution | indirect genetic effects | kin selection | Sex ratio | Queen-worker conflict | Social evolution | Indirect genetic effects | Kin selection
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Evolution, ISSN 0014-3820, 12/2006, Volume 60, Issue 12, pp. 2552 - 2561
When social interactions occur, the phenotype of an individual is influenced directly by its own genes (direct genetic effects) but also indirectly by genes...
Social insects | Sex ratio | Ants | Evolutionary genetics | Insect colonies | Evolution | Heritability | Queen insects | Insect genetics | Phenotypic traits | Caste ratio | queen‐worker conflict | sex ratio | social evolution | indirect genetic effects | kin selection | SOLENOPSIS-INVICTA | DIVISION-OF-LABOR | LEPTOTHORACINE ANT | SINGLE-GENE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | MEDIATED QUEEN POLYMORPHISM | EUSOCIAL HYMENOPTERA | SEX ALLOCATION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | ECOLOGY | HONEYBEE COLONIES | caste ratio | queen-worker conflict | CASTE DETERMINATION | Phenotype | Animals | Ants - genetics | Quantitative Trait, Heritable | Social Behavior | Selection, Genetic | Female | Male | Body Weight - genetics | Sex Ratio | Social evolution | Genetic variation | Kin selection (Evolution) | Genetic aspects | Research | Social aspects
Social insects | Sex ratio | Ants | Evolutionary genetics | Insect colonies | Evolution | Heritability | Queen insects | Insect genetics | Phenotypic traits | Caste ratio | queen‐worker conflict | sex ratio | social evolution | indirect genetic effects | kin selection | SOLENOPSIS-INVICTA | DIVISION-OF-LABOR | LEPTOTHORACINE ANT | SINGLE-GENE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | MEDIATED QUEEN POLYMORPHISM | EUSOCIAL HYMENOPTERA | SEX ALLOCATION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | ECOLOGY | HONEYBEE COLONIES | caste ratio | queen-worker conflict | CASTE DETERMINATION | Phenotype | Animals | Ants - genetics | Quantitative Trait, Heritable | Social Behavior | Selection, Genetic | Female | Male | Body Weight - genetics | Sex Ratio | Social evolution | Genetic variation | Kin selection (Evolution) | Genetic aspects | Research | Social aspects
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PLoS genetics, ISSN 1553-7404, 05/2019, Volume 15, Issue 5, p. e1008156
Development is often strongly regulated by interactions among close relatives, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. In eusocial...
Larvae | Zoological research | Insects | Physiological aspects | Genetic research | Genetic aspects | Research | Gene expression | Social behavior in animals | Proteins | Social aspects | Genes | Nurses | Phenotypes | Data analysis | Eusociality | Time series | Genomes | Biology | Epidermal growth factor | Molecular modelling | Evolution | Physiology | Social organization | Bioinformatics
Larvae | Zoological research | Insects | Physiological aspects | Genetic research | Genetic aspects | Research | Gene expression | Social behavior in animals | Proteins | Social aspects | Genes | Nurses | Phenotypes | Data analysis | Eusociality | Time series | Genomes | Biology | Epidermal growth factor | Molecular modelling | Evolution | Physiology | Social organization | Bioinformatics
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, ISSN 1471-2148, 2013, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 211 - 211
Background: Organisms are predicted to behave more favourably towards relatives, and kin-biased cooperation has been found in all domains of life from bacteria...
Frequency-dependent selection | Sexual selection | Altruism | Green beard | Kin discrimination | CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS | LEARNED KIN RECOGNITION | MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX | NESTMATE RECOGNITION | MATE CHOICE | SOCIAL RECOGNITION | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | ALLORECOGNITION SPECIFICITY | AMEBA DICTYOSTELIUM-DISCOIDEUM | GENETICS & HEREDITY | INBREEDING AVOIDANCE | VEGETATIVE INCOMPATIBILITY | Biological Evolution | Mating Preference, Animal | Reproduction | Animals | Models, Biological | Humans | Polymorphism, Genetic | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | Research | Social behavior in animals | Courtship of animals | Analysis | Colleges & universities | Biology | Genetic diversity | Parasites | Multiculturalism & pluralism | Manuscripts | Genotype & phenotype | Hypotheses | Animal behavior | Evolution | Population | Genetic engineering | Mutation
Frequency-dependent selection | Sexual selection | Altruism | Green beard | Kin discrimination | CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS | LEARNED KIN RECOGNITION | MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX | NESTMATE RECOGNITION | MATE CHOICE | SOCIAL RECOGNITION | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | ALLORECOGNITION SPECIFICITY | AMEBA DICTYOSTELIUM-DISCOIDEUM | GENETICS & HEREDITY | INBREEDING AVOIDANCE | VEGETATIVE INCOMPATIBILITY | Biological Evolution | Mating Preference, Animal | Reproduction | Animals | Models, Biological | Humans | Polymorphism, Genetic | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | Research | Social behavior in animals | Courtship of animals | Analysis | Colleges & universities | Biology | Genetic diversity | Parasites | Multiculturalism & pluralism | Manuscripts | Genotype & phenotype | Hypotheses | Animal behavior | Evolution | Population | Genetic engineering | Mutation
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Advances in Insect Physiology, ISSN 0065-2806, 2015, Volume 48, pp. 271 - 292
The social complexity that characterizes the eusocial insects strongly affects all aspects of social insect life, including the molecular and evolutionary...
Interacting phenotypes | Sociogenomics | Eusociality | Indirect genetic effects | Social physiology | Superorganism | HONEY YIELD CHARACTER | FORAGING BEHAVIOR | ANTS SOLENOPSIS-INVICTA | BODY-SIZE | DIVISION-OF-LABOR | INTERACTING PHENOTYPES | APIS-MELLIFERA L | BROOD PHEROMONE | FIRE ANTS | EXPERIMENTAL CONVERSION | ENTOMOLOGY
Interacting phenotypes | Sociogenomics | Eusociality | Indirect genetic effects | Social physiology | Superorganism | HONEY YIELD CHARACTER | FORAGING BEHAVIOR | ANTS SOLENOPSIS-INVICTA | BODY-SIZE | DIVISION-OF-LABOR | INTERACTING PHENOTYPES | APIS-MELLIFERA L | BROOD PHEROMONE | FIRE ANTS | EXPERIMENTAL CONVERSION | ENTOMOLOGY
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eLife, ISSN 2050-084X, 2015, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. e04775
Studies of the genetic basis and evolution of complex social behavior emphasize either conserved or novel genes. To begin to reconcile these perspectives, we...
genomics | evolutionary biology | eusociality | gene regulatory network | age polyethism | social evolution | RATES | GENOMICS | ALIGNMENT | PROTEIN EVOLUTION | SUPPORTS | BIOLOGY | DIVISION-OF-LABOR | LEVEL | INTERACTING PHENOTYPES | SEXUAL SELECTION | EXPRESSION | Genes, Insect | Hierarchy, Social | Ants - genetics | Gene Expression Regulation | Behavior, Animal - physiology | Transcriptome - genetics | Gene Regulatory Networks | Animals | Aging - genetics | Social Behavior | Transcription, Genetic | Gene Ontology | Evolution, Molecular | Statistical analysis | Transcription | Evolutionary genetics | Genomes | Biology | Gene expression | Bees | Honey | Molecular evolution | Hypotheses | Social behavior | Insects | Evolutionary conservation | Animal behavior | Morphology | Evolution | Connectivity | Physiology | Age | Division of labor
genomics | evolutionary biology | eusociality | gene regulatory network | age polyethism | social evolution | RATES | GENOMICS | ALIGNMENT | PROTEIN EVOLUTION | SUPPORTS | BIOLOGY | DIVISION-OF-LABOR | LEVEL | INTERACTING PHENOTYPES | SEXUAL SELECTION | EXPRESSION | Genes, Insect | Hierarchy, Social | Ants - genetics | Gene Expression Regulation | Behavior, Animal - physiology | Transcriptome - genetics | Gene Regulatory Networks | Animals | Aging - genetics | Social Behavior | Transcription, Genetic | Gene Ontology | Evolution, Molecular | Statistical analysis | Transcription | Evolutionary genetics | Genomes | Biology | Gene expression | Bees | Honey | Molecular evolution | Hypotheses | Social behavior | Insects | Evolutionary conservation | Animal behavior | Morphology | Evolution | Connectivity | Physiology | Age | Division of labor
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Current opinion in insect science, 07/2019, Volume 34, p. 123
The evolution of large insect societies is a major evolutionary transition that occurred in the long-extinct ancestors of termites, ants, corbiculate bees, and...
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Molecular biology and evolution, ISSN 0737-4038, 07/2017, Volume 34, Issue 7, pp. 1780 - 1787
Kin selection is thought to drive the evolution of cooperation and conflict, but the specific genes and genome-wide patterns shaped by kin selection are...
social evolution | reproductive caste | kin selection | CONVERGENT EVOLUTION | ADAPTIVE PROTEIN EVOLUTION | DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER | PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | POPULATION GENOMICS | PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | HONEY-BEE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | GENETICS & HEREDITY | DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION ANALYSIS | RNA-SEQ DATA | Ants - genetics | Genomics | Metagenomics - methods | Reproduction - genetics | Infertility - genetics | Selection, Genetic - genetics | Behavior, Animal | Biological Evolution | Phenotype | Animals | Genetics, Population - methods | Social Behavior | Family | Evolution, Molecular | Discoveries
social evolution | reproductive caste | kin selection | CONVERGENT EVOLUTION | ADAPTIVE PROTEIN EVOLUTION | DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER | PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | POPULATION GENOMICS | PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | HONEY-BEE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | GENETICS & HEREDITY | DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION ANALYSIS | RNA-SEQ DATA | Ants - genetics | Genomics | Metagenomics - methods | Reproduction - genetics | Infertility - genetics | Selection, Genetic - genetics | Behavior, Animal | Biological Evolution | Phenotype | Animals | Genetics, Population - methods | Social Behavior | Family | Evolution, Molecular | Discoveries
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Evolution, ISSN 0014-3820, 2009, Volume 63, Issue 7, pp. 1685 - 1696
The equilibrium sequence diversity of genes within a population and the rate of sequence divergence between populations or species depends on a variety of...
sociogenomics | mutation—selection balance | relaxed selective constraint | Indirect genetic effects | social evolution | kin selection | Social insects | Mating systems | Ants | Ecological competition | Genetic loci | Evolutionary genetics | Evolution | Maternal effect | Insect genetics | Population genetics | mutation–selection balance | Sociogenomics | Social evolution | Mutation-selection balance | Kin selection | Relaxed selective constraint | ANTERIOR DETERMINANT | BEHAVIOR | LEAF-CUTTING ANTS | CONSTRAINT | mutation-selection balance | ANT POGONOMYRMEX-BADIUS | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | EVOLUTION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | ECOLOGY | HONEYBEE APIS-MELLIFERA | EXPRESSION | MATING FREQUENCY | CASTE DETERMINATION | Sexual Behavior, Animal | Animals | Species Specificity | Social Behavior | Alleles | Selection, Genetic | Female | Male | Models, Genetic | Biodiversity | Polymorphism, Genetic | Analysis | Kin selection (Evolution) | Research | Gene expression | Genetic polymorphisms
sociogenomics | mutation—selection balance | relaxed selective constraint | Indirect genetic effects | social evolution | kin selection | Social insects | Mating systems | Ants | Ecological competition | Genetic loci | Evolutionary genetics | Evolution | Maternal effect | Insect genetics | Population genetics | mutation–selection balance | Sociogenomics | Social evolution | Mutation-selection balance | Kin selection | Relaxed selective constraint | ANTERIOR DETERMINANT | BEHAVIOR | LEAF-CUTTING ANTS | CONSTRAINT | mutation-selection balance | ANT POGONOMYRMEX-BADIUS | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | EVOLUTION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | ECOLOGY | HONEYBEE APIS-MELLIFERA | EXPRESSION | MATING FREQUENCY | CASTE DETERMINATION | Sexual Behavior, Animal | Animals | Species Specificity | Social Behavior | Alleles | Selection, Genetic | Female | Male | Models, Genetic | Biodiversity | Polymorphism, Genetic | Analysis | Kin selection (Evolution) | Research | Gene expression | Genetic polymorphisms
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The American Naturalist, ISSN 0003-0147, 02/2013, Volume 181, Issue 2, p. 161
The ultimate causes of honest signaling remain a subject of debate, with questions remaining over the relative importance of costs and constraints. Signal...
Biological variation | Insects | Genetics | Evolution | Pheromones
Biological variation | Insects | Genetics | Evolution | Pheromones
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Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, ISSN 0340-5443, 3/2018, Volume 72, Issue 3, pp. 1 - 13
The success of social insect colonies is dependent upon efficient and dynamic allocation of resources to alternate queen and worker castes. The developmental...
Life Sciences | Adaptive demography | Behavioral Sciences | Zoology | Resource allocation | Caste regulation | Animal Ecology | Superorganism | SOLENOPSIS-INVICTA | SOCIAL INSECT | ARGENTINE ANT | ZOOLOGY | IRIDOMYRMEX-HUMILIS MAYR | MULTIPLE-QUEEN COLONIES | FISSION-PERFORMING ANT | MONOMORIUM-PHARAONIS | SECONDARY SEX-RATIOS | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | ECOLOGY | CASTE DETERMINATION | FIRE ANT | Analysis | Ants | Cues | Larvae | Introduced species | Demography | Colonies | Males | Castes | Density | Eggs | Caste determination | Queens | Invasive species | Demographics | Molecular modelling | Insects | Animal behavior | Fertility | Regulatory mechanisms (biology) | Workers (insect caste) | Culling | Fitness
Life Sciences | Adaptive demography | Behavioral Sciences | Zoology | Resource allocation | Caste regulation | Animal Ecology | Superorganism | SOLENOPSIS-INVICTA | SOCIAL INSECT | ARGENTINE ANT | ZOOLOGY | IRIDOMYRMEX-HUMILIS MAYR | MULTIPLE-QUEEN COLONIES | FISSION-PERFORMING ANT | MONOMORIUM-PHARAONIS | SECONDARY SEX-RATIOS | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | ECOLOGY | CASTE DETERMINATION | FIRE ANT | Analysis | Ants | Cues | Larvae | Introduced species | Demography | Colonies | Males | Castes | Density | Eggs | Caste determination | Queens | Invasive species | Demographics | Molecular modelling | Insects | Animal behavior | Fertility | Regulatory mechanisms (biology) | Workers (insect caste) | Culling | Fitness
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PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 10/2007, Volume 2, Issue 10, p. e994
Epistasis arising from physiological interactions between gene products often contributes to species differences, particularly those involved in reproductive...
BIOLOGY | Sexual Behavior, Animal | Ants - genetics | Ants - physiology | Selection, Genetic | Genotype | Behavior, Animal | Phenotype | Animals | Epistasis, Genetic | Models, Biological | Social Behavior | Models, Genetic | Genome | Evolution, Molecular | Physiological aspects | Genomes | Genetic aspects | Ants | Social aspects | Genomics | Reproductive isolation | Nutrition | Genes | Parents | Epistasis | Social factors | Coevolution | Bees | Honey | Genotype & phenotype | Offspring | Social interactions | Animal behavior | Genetic crosses | Workers (insect caste) | Physiology | Genetic engineering | Genotypes | Species
BIOLOGY | Sexual Behavior, Animal | Ants - genetics | Ants - physiology | Selection, Genetic | Genotype | Behavior, Animal | Phenotype | Animals | Epistasis, Genetic | Models, Biological | Social Behavior | Models, Genetic | Genome | Evolution, Molecular | Physiological aspects | Genomes | Genetic aspects | Ants | Social aspects | Genomics | Reproductive isolation | Nutrition | Genes | Parents | Epistasis | Social factors | Coevolution | Bees | Honey | Genotype & phenotype | Offspring | Social interactions | Animal behavior | Genetic crosses | Workers (insect caste) | Physiology | Genetic engineering | Genotypes | Species
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