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Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution
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The theory that biological species are descended from common ancestors provides an indispensable heuristic to understand why living organisms are what they are and do what they do.
Shape vision in bees: innate preference for flower-like patterns
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It is proposed that bees respond innately to some features of natural flowers, resulting in a spontaneous preference for radiating, as well as symmetrical patterns, which are more attractive than less symmetrical or non-symmetrical patterns.
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The social biology of Ropalidia marginata : toward understanding the evolution of eusociality
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The goal of this book is to provide a ontological basis for a theory of social evolution that can be applied to the study of human evolution.
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The language of diversity
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Belonogaster, Mischocyttarus, Parapolybia and independent-founding Ropalidia
Evolution of eusociality: the advantage of assured fitness returns
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It is shown that an `assured fitness returns' model provides a selective pressure for the evolution of worker behaviour which is at least about as strong as that of haplodiploidy, but free from such requirements of the latter as high levels of worker-brood genetic relatedness and ability of workers to manipulate brood sex ratios.
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Choosing an appropriate index to construct dominance hierarchies in animal societies: a comparison of three indices
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Regulation of reproduction in a queenless ant: aggression, pheromones and reduction in conflict
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A demonstration of a shift from physical inhibition to chemical signalling is interpreted in terms of sociogenetic theory, the role of cuticular hydrocarbons as an indicator of fertility in insects and the fact that the regulation of reproduction in Diacamma involves mechanisms redolent of both queenless and queenright ant species.
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The evolution of caste polymorphism in social insects:0 Genetic release followed by diversifying evolution
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It is argued that genetic release followed by diversifying evolution is made possible under a number of circumstances, and when some individuals in a species begin to rely on the indirect component of inclusive fitness while others continue to rely largely on the direct component, as workers and queens in social insects are expected to do.
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INSECl' SPECIES DIVERSITY IN THE TROPICS: SAMPLING METHODS AND A CASE STUDY 1
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This paper endeavoured to standardize a package of methods for quantitative sampling of insects, suitable for tropical ecologists with modest research budgets, and provides evidence that this methodology is adequate for sampling insects and differentiating habitats on the basis of the distribution of insect species.
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