Task-dependent influence of genetic architecture and mating frequency on division of labour in social insect societies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-684

  Tarapore, Danesh ^a,b   Floreano, Dario ^b   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Number of loci; Number of matings; Response thresholds; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONY STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; LABOR DIVISION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUEEN; SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; THRESHOLD;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77950532016     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0885-4     Document Type: Article

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