Bivoltinism as an antecedent to eusociality in the paper wasp genus Polistes

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5719, 2005, Pages 264-267

  Hunt, James H ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; NATURAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ANCESTORS; EVOLUTION; REGULATORY PATHWAYS; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY;

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CASTE; ARTICLE; BIVOLTINISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPAUSE; EMBRYO; EUSOCIALITY; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLISTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOBIOLOGY; WASP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

EID: 16444385977     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1109724     Document Type: Article

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