Patterns of reproduction in slave-making ants

被引：23

作者：

Herbers, JM ^{[1
]}

Stuart, RJ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Colorado State Univ, Dept Biol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 1998年 / 265卷 / 1399期

关键词：

eusocial; in selection; slave-makers; ants; social insects; Hymenoptera;

D O I：

10.1098/rspb.1998.0373

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Sex ratios in slave-making ants have been posed as important test cases for the hypothesis that eusociality evolved via kin selection in insects. Trivers & Hare proposed that sex ratios in slave-makers should reflect the queen's interests whereas sex ratios in free-living host ants should reflect the workers' interests. We analyse patterns of allocation to males versus females, as well as allocation to growth versus reproduction for slave-making ants in the tribe Formicoxenini. We find little support for the hypothesis of exclusive queen control; instead, our results implicate queen-worker conflict in slave-making ants, both over male allocation ratios and over allocation to growth versus reproduction.

引用

页码：875 / 887

页数：13

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