Hornets Have It: A Conserved Olfactory Subsystem for Social Recognition in Hymenoptera?

• Main Authors: Antoine Couto (Author), Aniruddha Mitra (Author), Denis Thiéry (Author), Frédéric Marion-Poll (Author), Jean-Christophe Sandoz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Eusocial Hymenoptera colonies are characterized by the presence of altruistic individuals, which rear their siblings instead of their own offspring. In the course of evolution, such sterile castes are thought to have emerged through the process of kin selection, altruistic traits being transmitted t...