Major evolutionary transitions as well as the evolution of codes of life are key elements in
macroevolution which are characterized by increase in complexity Major evolutionary …

What makes some individuals behaviorally more dominant than others? Although intrinsic
factors such as body size and age have been well studied, extrinsic social factors like winner …

Ropalidia cyathiformis is a primitively eusocial tropical paper wasp usually with a single
dominant queen per colony. When the queen is removed, one and only one individual …

Ropalidia marginata is a primitively eusocial (truly social) wasp found in peninsular India. It
is different from the typical primitively eusocial species in having docile queens that cannot …

Conspecific aggressiveness often increases after social isolation for species that are not
entirely solitary, and this increased aggression could also be reversed after resocialization …

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Research on the evolution of social groups has focused substantially on processes that
increase cooperative behaviors (Bourke, 2011). Indeed, each major evolutionary transition …

Nutrition is an important component of oogenesis and ovarian development in insects. In
social insect colonies where a large proportion of females are sterile, suppression of …