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Bivoltinism as an Antecedent to Eusociality in the Paper Wasp Genus Polistes

To learn the evolutionary trajectories of caste differentiation in eusocial species is a major goal of sociobiology. We present an explanatory framework for caste evolution in the eusocial wasp genus Polistes (Vespidae), which is a model system for insect eusocial evolution. We hypothesize that Poli...

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Main Authors: Hunt, James H., Amdam, Gro V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408871/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15821094
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1109724
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