Reproductive skew and the origin of sterile castes

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 206-224

  Jeon, Joonghwan ^a,b   Choe, Jae Chun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Eusociality; Group size; Reproductive potential; Reproductive skew; Totipotency

Indexed keywords

CASTE; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SKEWNESS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; INFERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; INFERTILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037324101     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346099     Document Type: Article

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