Reproductive capacity and castes in eusocial stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
Journal
Current opinion in insect science
ISSN: 2214-5753
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Insect Sci
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101635599
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
received:
07
06
2018
accepted:
25
06
2018
entrez:
22
5
2019
pubmed:
22
5
2019
medline:
31
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Eusocial lifestyle is one of the most important transitions in the evolutionary history of some groups of organisms. In bees, there are only two eusocial groups: the honey bees (Apini) and the stingless bees (Meliponini). Despite similarities on the eusocial lifestyles of these taxa, they present profound differences related to caste determination, development, behavior, and reproductive capacity of their members. In most of them the queen has a monopoly on reproduction. However, even though workers are tipically sterile, they can contribute to producing haploid eggs that generate males, or trophic eggs, used as an additional nutrition by the queen.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31109669
pii: S2214-5745(18)30094-4
doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.06.006
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
20-28Informations de copyright
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