The role of larval nutrition in pre-imaginal biasing of caste in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
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01/11/1991
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Resumo |
1. When freshly eclosed females of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata (Lep.) are isolated, only about 50% of them build nests and lay eggs thereby suggesting a pre-imaginal biasing of caste. 2. Wasps that lay eggs take a very variable amount of time after eclosion to start doing so. 3. Females eclosing from nests where larvae are fed at a relatively higher rate are more likely to become egg-layers and are likely to take less time after eclosion to begin to lay eggs. 4. Thus, both forms of pre-imaginal biasing of caste, namely, differences in egg laying capacity and differences in the time taken to attain reproductive maturity, appear to be influenced by larval nutrition. |
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http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/34249/1/The_role_of_larval_nutrition_in_pre-imaginal.pdf Gadagkar, Raghavendra and Bhagavan, Seetha and Chandrashekara, K and Vinutha, C (1991) The role of larval nutrition in pre-imaginal biasing of caste in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). In: Ecological Entomology, 16 (4). pp. 435-440. |
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John Wiley & Sons |
Relação |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1991.tb00236.x/abstract http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/34249/ |
Palavras-Chave | #Centre for Ecological Sciences |
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Journal Article PeerReviewed |