An organismal perspective on the evolution of insect societies
Insect societies, i.e. the colonies of eusocial ants, bees, wasps and termites, have been likened to multicellular organisms for more than a century. This framework of superorganisms has to date largely been used as a mechanistic description of colony functioning, or as an example of an evolutionary...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2016.00006/full |