Sentences with phrase «in eusocial»
«We find that in eusocial Synalpheus shrimp, female - female competition and reproductive skew play a role in shaping a trade - off in queen energy allocation between reproductive success and defense weaponry,» says Bornbusch.
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The amber ant fossils froze a number of eusocial behaviors in time.
Evolutionary biologists had long looked to inclusive fitness to explain «eusocial» species, those that live in highly connected structures inhabited by many generations at once.
In the world of evolutionary research, scientists studying the evolution of eusocial societies have traditionally relied on information gathered from studying terrestrial insects.
«Communal species of shrimps where unrelated individuals live together in a large group have never transitioned into eusocial species.»
Snapping shrimp in the genus Synalpheus are the only marine organisms that are eusocial, that is, reproduction is skewed to the queens, and colonies defend their territories cooperatively.
In queens of snapping shrimp species that are weakly eusocial, the researchers found strong trade - offs between fighting claw mass and egg number.
To find out, Bornbusch and colleagues determined fighting claw mass and egg number of 353 egg - bearing females from 221 colonies of six eusocial snapping shrimp species in the Caribbean.
In contrast, this trade - off was smaller or absent in queens of species that are strongly eusociaIn contrast, this trade - off was smaller or absent in queens of species that are strongly eusociain queens of species that are strongly eusocial.
«Tradeoffs between weaponry and fecundity in snapping shrimp queens vary with eusociality: Weakly eusocial queens must trade off their investment in maintaining their fighting claws or producing eggs.»
In line with that, they're social but not eusocial.
Mole rats vary widely in how social they are, from the eusocial naked mole rats to the solitary small dune mole rat.
The Zambian mole rat is related to the famous naked mole rat, one of only two mammals to live in «eusocial» colonies: like honeybees and termites, a single queen does all the breeding and the others work to maintain the colony.
That challenges Wilson's theory by suggesting that blood ties are indeed what get eusocial groups started, the team concludes in tomorrow's issue of Science.
Androgen receptor distribution in the social decision - making network of eusocial naked mole - rats.
Previous research explored recombination in the honeybee, a eusocial hymenopteran with an exceptionally high genome - wide recombination rate.
It's the Anchorman of Marvel movies, a eusocial experiment in de minimis, a goldilocks «just right» with all of the superheroism, effects and excitement packaged in.
The naked mole rat is also one of only two mammal species that are «eusocial» — meaning they live in a colony like ants, termites or bees (the other species being the Damaraland mole rat).