Insect societies as divided organisms: The complexities of purpose and cross-purpose

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

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 8619-8626

  Strassmann, Joan E ^a   Queller, David C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eusociality; Haplodiploidy; Kin selection; Social insects; Superorganism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; INSECT SOCIETY; KIN SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; HAPLOIDY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; HAPLOIDY; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547417703     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701285104     Document Type: Article

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