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Enforced altruism in insect societies

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posted on 2023-06-08, 06:54 authored by Tom Wenseleers, Francis Ratnieks
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  • Published

Journal

Nature

ISSN

0028-0836

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Volume

444

Page range

50-50

Pages

1.0

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  • Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Publications

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Comparative study of 10 species of eusocial wasps and the honey bee that shows that a smaller proportion of workers lay eggs in species in which the policing, i.e. killing, of worker-paid eggs is more effective. This shows that worker altruism in modern day social insects is largely enforced.

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Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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