Evolution: Social selection for eccentricity

被引：3

作者：

Chapuisat, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Lausanne, Dept Ecol & Evolut, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2004年 / 14卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.023

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The dress code of paper wasps, like that of humans, is related to their social habits: species with a flexible nest-founding strategy have highly variable black-and-yellow markings. This color polymorphism facilitates individual recognition and might have been selected to permit complex social interactions.

引用

页码：R1003 / R1004

页数：2

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