Social evolution: community policing in insects

Bourke, Andrew F. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-8816 (2007) Social evolution: community policing in insects. Current Biology, 17 (13). pp. 519-520. ISSN 1879-0445

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Abstract

A recent study shows that, in social insects where workers suppress or 'police' the reproduction of nestmate workers, only a subset of workers act as police. This confirms that policing can serve a collective rather than a selfish interest

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:37
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 09:37
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/505
DOI:	10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.054

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