Evolution: social selection for eccentricity.
- Chapuisat M Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biology Building, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 2004-12-14
Published in:
- Current biology : CB. - 2004
Animals
Biological Evolution
Nesting Behavior
Pattern Recognition, Physiological
Phylogeny
Pigmentation
Selection, Genetic
Social Behavior
Wasps
English
The dress code of paper wasps, like that of humans, is related to their social habits: species with a flexible nest-founding strategy have highly variable black-and-yellow markings. This color polymorphism facilitates individual recognition and might have been selected to permit complex social interactions.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.023
- PMID 15589135
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/165779
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