The Social Biology of ‹i›Ropalidia marginata‹/i› : Toward Understanding the Evolution of Eusociality / Raghavendra Gadagkar.
Gadagkar, Raghavendra, author.
2022
QL568.V5 G34 2001eb
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Title
The Social Biology of ‹i›Ropalidia marginata‹/i› : Toward Understanding the Evolution of Eusociality / Raghavendra Gadagkar.
Author
Gadagkar, Raghavendra, author.
ISBN
9780674037458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037458
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2001
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (382 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674037458 doi
Call Number
QL568.V5 G34 2001eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
595.79/8
Summary
In this book, the biologist Raghavendra Gadagkar focuses on the single species he has worked on throughout his career. His years of study have led him to believe that ecological, physiological, and demographic factors can be more important than genetic relatedness in the selection for or against social traits.
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Part I Introduction
1 A PRIMER OF EUSOCIALITY
2 IN PRAISE OF ROPALIDIA
Part II Social Biology
3 SOME METHODOLOGICAL NECESSITIES
4 NATURAL HISTORY
5 BEHAVIORAL CASTE DIFFERENTIATION
6 DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR AND REGULATION OF WORKER ACTIVITY
7 AGE AND DIVISION OF LABOR
Part III The Evolution of Eusociality
8 THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
9 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION I: INTRACOLONY GENETIC RELATEDNESS
10 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION II: KIN AND NESTMATE RECOGNITION
11 ECOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION
12 PHYSIOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION
13 DEMOGRAPHIC PREDISPOSITION
14 SYNTHESIS
15 FACTORS THAT REMAIN TO BE EXPLORED
Part IV Beyond Ropalidia marginata: Social Evolution, Forward and Reverse
16 A ROUTE TO SOCIALITY
17 THE EVOLUTION OF CASTE POLYMORPHISM
18 REVERSE SOCIAL EVOLUTION
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
INDEX

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