Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 275-282

  Schwander, Tanja ^a   Lo, Nathan ^b   Beekman, Madeleine ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b   Keller, Laurent ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b School of Biological Sciences A12   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77950628524     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.12.001     Document Type: Review

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