Social Organisation And Cooperation In Genetically Mixed Colonies Of The Primitively Eusocial Wasp, Ropalidia Marginata

Social Organisation And Cooperation In Genetically Mixed Colonies Of The Primitively Eusocial Wasp, Ropalidia Marginata

Altruism in its extreme form is seen in social insects where most individuals give up their own reproduction and work to rear the offspring of their queen. The origin and evolution of such sterile worker castes remains a major unsolved problem in evolutionary biology. Primitively eusocial polistine...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arathi, H S
Other Authors: Gadagkar, Raghavendra
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Indian Institute of Science 2005
Subjects:
Ecology
Ropalidia marginata
Wasps - Colony
Hymenoptera
Hamilton's Rule
Haplodiploidy Hypothesis
Social insects - Altruism
Eusocial Wasp
Wasp
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2005/136

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