Evolution of eusociality and the soldier caste in termites: Influence of intraspecific competition and accelerated inheritance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 12808-12813

  Thorne, Barbara L ^a   Breisch, Nancy L ^a   Muscedere, Mario L ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CASTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FORAGING; HYPOTHESIS; INHERITANCE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISOPTERA; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 0242331636     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2133530100     Document Type: Article

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