Development and evolution of caste dimorphism in honeybees - a modeling approach

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3098-3109

  Leimar, Olof ^a,b   Hartfelder, Klaus ^c   Laubichler, Manfred D ^b,d   Page Jr , Robert E ^b,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste determination; Developmental evolution; Plasticity; Polyphenism; Social insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889008971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.414     Document Type: Article

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