Ovarian developmental variation in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata suggests a gateway to worker ontogeny and the evolution of sociality

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-187

  Shukla, Shantanu ^a   Chandran, Swarnalatha ^a   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Eusociality; Ovarian development; Social wasp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; OVARY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 84871731779     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.073148     Document Type: Article

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