Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees

Although common in ants and termites, worker differentiation into physical castes is rare in social bees and unknown in wasps. Here, Grüter and colleagues find a guard caste in ten species of stingless bees and show that the evolution of the guard caste is associated with parasitization by robber be...

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Auteurs principaux:	Christoph Grüter, Francisca H. I. D. Segers, Cristiano Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, Tiago Falcón, Lucas von Zuben, Márcia M. G. Bitondi, Fabio S. Nascimento, Eduardo A. B. Almeida
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:91ad03c7847246bfaef692e9a245095d2021-12-02T13:23:47ZRepeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees10.1038/s41467-016-0012-y2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/91ad03c7847246bfaef692e9a245095d2017-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-016-0012-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Although common in ants and termites, worker differentiation into physical castes is rare in social bees and unknown in wasps. Here, Grüter and colleagues find a guard caste in ten species of stingless bees and show that the evolution of the guard caste is associated with parasitization by robber bees.Christoph GrüterFrancisca H. I. D. SegersCristiano MenezesAyrton Vollet-NetoTiago FalcónLucas von ZubenMárcia M. G. BitondiFabio S. NascimentoEduardo A. B. AlmeidaNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Science Q Christoph Grüter Francisca H. I. D. Segers Cristiano Menezes Ayrton Vollet-Neto Tiago Falcón Lucas von Zuben Márcia M. G. Bitondi Fabio S. Nascimento Eduardo A. B. Almeida Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
description	Although common in ants and termites, worker differentiation into physical castes is rare in social bees and unknown in wasps. Here, Grüter and colleagues find a guard caste in ten species of stingless bees and show that the evolution of the guard caste is associated with parasitization by robber bees.
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author	Christoph Grüter Francisca H. I. D. Segers Cristiano Menezes Ayrton Vollet-Neto Tiago Falcón Lucas von Zuben Márcia M. G. Bitondi Fabio S. Nascimento Eduardo A. B. Almeida
author_facet	Christoph Grüter Francisca H. I. D. Segers Cristiano Menezes Ayrton Vollet-Neto Tiago Falcón Lucas von Zuben Márcia M. G. Bitondi Fabio S. Nascimento Eduardo A. B. Almeida
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title	Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_short	Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_full	Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_fullStr	Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_full_unstemmed	Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_sort	repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/91ad03c7847246bfaef692e9a245095d
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Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees

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