Sentences with phrase «development in social insects»

Sean O'Donnell of the University of Washington, Seattle, who works on brain development in social insects, including sweat bees, says this is the first time that it has been shown that participation in a social group is associated with augmented brain development.

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There has been a long controversy over the factors determining caste development of individuals in social insects.

According to our model, the worker caste is seen as a «neuter» caste whose sexual development is suppressed due to counterbalanced maternal and paternal imprinting and opens new avenues for understanding the evolution of caste systems in social insects.