Gadagkar, R (2010) Ant, Bee and Wasp Social Evolution. [Book Chapter]
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Abstract
Ants, bees, and wasps belong to the large and diverse insect order Hymenoptera. All ants and some bees and wasps form eusocial colonies consisting of one or a small number of fertile queens and a large number of sterile workers. The evolution by altruism shown by the sterile workers has been a major theme of investigation. Kin selection and Hamilton’s rule remain the major theoretical framework of these investigations. In close parallel with the investigation of these ultimate (evolutionary) questions, studies of the proximate causation of social behavior have also yielded many new insights. In recent times, investigations of the ontogeny and the phylogeny of social behavior have been initiated, satisfying Niko Tinbergen’s vision of the integrated study of animal behavior.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Publisher: | Academic Press |
| Additional Information: | copyright to this article belongs to the Author. |
| Keywords: | Social evolution, Altruism, Kin selection, Haplodiploidy hypothesis, Eusociality, Gene expression, Genetic relatedness, Hamilton’s rule, Haplodiploidy, Highly eusocial, Hymenoptera, Inclusive fitness, Kin selection, Phenotypic plasticity, Primitively eusocial |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2021 06:39 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2023 08:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/68312 |
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