Relatedness, Conflict, and the Evolution of Eusociality

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Liao, Xiaoyun ^a   Rong, Stephen ^b   Queller, David C ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUSOCIALITY EVOLUTION; GENETIC RELATEDNESS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT SOCIETY; KIN SELECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PROGENY; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; ISOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; ISOPTERA; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

EID: 84926331580     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002098     Document Type: Article

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