Evolution of queen cuticular hydrocarbons and worker reproduction in stingless bees

Social insect queen pheromones can be interpreted as the queen’s means of sterilizing her workers, or as an honest signal of queen presence that benefits both parties. Co-mapping worker reproductive behaviour and queen cuticular hydrocarbon (CH) composition and quantity on a phylogeny of 21 stingles...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature ecology & evolution 2017-06, Vol.1 (7), p.0185, Article 0185
Hauptverfasser:	Nunes, Túlio M., Oldroyd, Benjamin P., Elias, Larissa G., Mateus, Sidnei, Turatti, Izabel C., Lopes, Norberto P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	631/158/856 631/158/857 631/181/2469 631/181/757 Bees Biological and Physical Anthropology brief-communication Chemical composition Contraceptives Cuticular hydrocarbons Ecology Evolutionary Biology Hydrocarbons Insects Life Sciences Mapping Paleontology Pheromones Phylogeny Queen pheromone Reproduction Reproductive behavior Sterility Workers (insect caste) Zoology
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