Ecology, not the genetics of sex determination, determines who helps in eusocial populations

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2383-2387

  Ross, Laura ^a,b   Gardner, Andy ^b,c,d   Hardy, Nate ^e   West, Stuart A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MOLE RAT; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLE RATS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPIDERS;

EID: 84889563369     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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