Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) analysis pioneered by Maynard Smith and Price took off
in part because it often does not require explicit assumptions about the genetics and …

Summary The stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) are an extremely diverse lineage of
hymenopteran insects, encompassing over 70,000 described species and a diversity of life …

Study of social traits in offspring traditionally reflects on interactions in simple family groups,
with famous examples including parent-offspring conflict and sibling rivalry in birds and …

Phenotypic plasticity is important in adaptation and shapes the evolution of organisms.
However, we understand little about what aspects of the genome are important in facilitating …

Eusocial insects, mostly Hymenoptera, have evolved unique colonial lifestyles that rely on
the perception of social context mainly through pheromones, and chemoreceptors are …

Eusociality has convergently evolved multiple times, but the genomic basis of caste-based
division of labor and degree to which independent origins of eusociality have utilized …

Background Reproductive division of labor in eusocial insects is a striking example of a
shared genetic background giving rise to alternative phenotypes, namely queen and worker …

Testing for conserved and novel mechanisms underlying phenotypic evolution requires a
diversity of genomes available for comparison spanning multiple independent lineages. For …

Background The evolution of novel genes is thought to be a critical component of
morphological innovation but few studies have explicitly examined the contribution of novel …

Background How novel phenotypes originate from conserved genes, processes, and tissues
remains a major question in biology. Research that sets out to answer this question often …