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Chapter Outline
30.1 Introduction
30.2 Overview of Division of Labor in Insect Societies
30.2.1 Division of Labor for Reproduction
30.2.2 Division of Labor among Workers
30.2.3 Primitive and Advanced Eusociality
30.3 Insect Hormones That Influence Division of Labor
30.4 Endocrine Signaling in Reproductive Division of Labor
30.4.1 JH and Reproductive Division of Labor
30.4.2 Ecdysone and Reproductive Division of Labor
30.4.3 Nutrition and Metabolic Factors Influencing Reproductive Division of Labor
30.4.4 Biogenic Amines and Reproductive Division of Labor
30.5 Endocrine Influences on Division of Labor Among Workers: Behavioral Maturation
30.5.1 Juvenile Hormone and Behavioral Maturation
30.5.2 Ecdysone and Behavioral Maturation
30.5.3 Nutrition and Metabolic Factors Influencing Behavioral Maturation
30.5.4 Biogenic Amines and Behavioral Maturation
30.6 Endocrine Influences on Division of Labor Among Workers: Morphologically Distinct Castes
30.6.1 Juvenile Hormone and Worker Caste Differentiation
30.7 The Transcriptomic Architecture Linking Endocrine Signaling and Behavioral State
30.8 Evolutionary Perspectives
30.8.1 Endocrine-Related Signatures of Selection
30.8.2 Speculation on the Evolution of Division of Labor: A Neuroendocrine Perspective
30.8.3 Level One: Incipient Societies and Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition among Adults
30.8.4 Level Two: Pre-Adult Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition
30.8.5 Level Three: Pre-Adult, Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition Enhanced by Disruptive
Selection
30.8.6 Level Four: Division of Labor among Adult Workers and its Regulation by Endocrine-
Mediated Social Inhibition
30.8.7 Level Five: Division of Labor among Morphologically Distinct Adult Workers and Its
Regulation by Pre-Adult, Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition
30.8.8 Concluding Remarks