Enforced altruism in insect societies
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A study shows that in an insect colony, the workers forego reproduction in response to the threat of their eggs being killed or policed by nestmates. These results suggest that social coercion helps explain worker altruism and cooperation in modern day insect societies.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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A socially enforced signal of quality in a paper wasp
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Badges of status are a subset of signals of quality that reveal information about an individual's size and dominance. One important hypothesis is that such signals impose social costs incurred through repeated agonistic interactions with other individuals.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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A socially enforced signal of quality in a paper wasp
Article Abstract:
Badges of status are a subset of signals of quality that reveal information about an wasps's size and dominance. One important hypothesis is that such signals impose social costs incurred through repeated agonistic interactions with other individuals.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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