Reproductive plasticity in Polistes paper wasp workers and the evolutionary origins of sociality

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 995-999

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a   Levy, Stephanie ^a   Donajkowski, Kellie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Developmental plasticity; Division of labor; Ovarian groundplan; Phenotypic plasticity; Sociality; Vitellogennin

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUSOCIALITY; FAT RESERVE; FERTILITY; HORMONE; LABOR DIVISION; NUTRITION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; JUVENILE HORMONES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 79959886528     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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