Social life: the paradox of multiple-queen colonies

1995/09/01 by Laurent Keller · 6 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Social Sciences · #Altruism (biology) #Biology #Brood #Ecology #Eusociality #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Evolutionary biology #Hymenoptera #Inclusive fitness #Insect #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Kin selection #Plant and animal studies #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Social evolution #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/s0169-5347(00)89133-8

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Citations

• The number of queens: An important trait in ant evolution
• The Breeding System of the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta: Effects on Colony Genetic Structure
• The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I
• Diploid male production ? a significant colony mortality factor in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Nest site limitation and facultative polygyny in the ant Leptothorax longispinosus
• Relatedness in the Polygnous Ant Myrmecia pilosula

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• The fire ant social chromosome supergene variant Sb shows low diversity but high divergence from SB
• A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organization in fire ants
• Selective Male Mortality in the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta
• Intraspecific support for the polygyny-vs.-polyandry hypothesis in the bulldog ant Myrmecia brevinoda
• Red imported fire ant [wikipedia]