A TEST OF WORKER POLICING THEORY IN AN ADVANCED EUSOCIAL WASP, VESPULA RUFA

Mutual policing is an important mechanism for maintaining social harmony in group-living organisms. In some ants, bees, and wasps, workers police male eggs laid by other workers in order to maintain the reproductive primacy of the queen. Kin selection theory predicts that multiple mating by the quee...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Evolution 2005-06, Vol.59 (6), p.1306-1314
Hauptverfasser:	Wenseleers, T, Badcock, N. S, Erven, K, Tofilski, A, Nascimento, F. S, Hart, A. G, Burke, T. A, Archer, M. E, Ratnieks, F. L W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal reproduction Animals Ants Bees Eggs England Evolution Female Gene Frequency Insect colonies Insect reproduction Insects Male Male animals Mating behavior Microsatellite Repeats - genetics Models, Biological Observation Ovum Police services Queen insects Queen policing REGULAR ARTICLES Reproduction - physiology reproductive conflict Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology Social Dominance Social insects Vespinae wasps Wasps - physiology worker policing worker reproduction
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