The Genetics Of Social Evolution

by Michael D Breed, Robert E Page

Overview

The contributor’s primary goal in organizing this book was to initiate a synthesis of thought on how genetics structures the behavior of individual animals that live within complex social systems. To do this they have brought together leading theorists and empiricists who apply genetics to the study of eusocial insect evolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367307943
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert K. Vander Meer is a research chemist with the USDA/ARS. Michael D. Breed is professor of environmental population and organismic biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mark L. Winston is professor of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University. Karl E. Espelie is professor of entomology at the University of Georgia at Athens.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Theory and Empirical Results in Sociogenetics, 2. Genetic Structure, Division of Labor, and the Evolution of Insect Societies, 3. The Genetics of Colony-Level Selection, 4. Genetic Basis for Division of Labor in an Insect Society, 5. Ecological Determinants of Social Evolution, 6. Measuring Inclusive Fitness in Social Wasps, 7. Genetic and Social Changes Associated with Ant Speciation, 8. Reproductive and Social Structure in Polygynous Fire Ant Colonies, 9. Incompatibility Between Colonies of Acacia Ants: Genetic Models and Experimental Results, 10. Evolutionary Genetics of a Primitively Eusocial Halictine Bee.

Editorial Reviews

Most of the papers in this book were first given in a symposium at the National Conference of the Entomological Society of America, Dec. 1987. They cover mating systems, colony level selection, genetic basis for division of labor, kin recognition, measurement of inclusive fitness, social evolution, genetic studies of bees and ants and of ant speciation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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