Developmental divergence: Neglected variable in understanding the evolution of reproductive skew in social animals

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 622-627

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Peeters, Christian ^b   O'Riain, M Justin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caste; Development; Morphology; Physogastry; Reproductive skew; Social insects; Social vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HEURISTICS; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERMITE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745601109     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ark006     Document Type: Review

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