Chapter 30. Endocrine Influences on the Organization of Insect Societies

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Bloch G, Shpigler H, Wheeler DE, Robinson GE. Chapter 30. Endocrine Influences on the Organization of Insect Societies. In: Pfaff DW Hormones, Brain and Behavior. Vol. 2. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press; 2009 ; 2009. pp. 1027- 1068.

Abstract:

Chapter Outline 30.1 Introduction 1028 30.2 Overview of Division of Labor in Insect Societies 1028 30.2.1 Division of Labor for Reproduction 1029 30.2.2 Division of Labor among Workers 1029 30.2.3 Primitive and Advanced Eusociality 1030 30.3 Insect Hormones That Influence Division of Labor 1031 30.4 Division of Labor for Reproduction: Endocrine-Mediated Social Interactions among Adult Colony Members 1032 30.4.1 JH and Primitively Eusocial Insects 1033 30.4.2 JH and Advanced Eusocial Insects 1035 30.4.3 Ecdysteroids and Reproductive Division of Labor 1038 30.4.4 Biogenic Amines and Reproductive Division of Labor 1040 30.5 Division of Labor for Reproduction: Endocrine-Mediated Queen/Worker Determination 1041 30.5.1 Physical Factors 1041 30.5.2 Pheromones 1041 30.5.3 Nutrition 1042 30.5.4 Hormonal Integration 1042 30.5.5 Tissue Responses to Caste-Determining Endocrine Factors 1044 30.6 Division of Labor for Colony Growth and Development: Endocrine Influences on Age-Related Division of Labor among Workers 1044 30.6.1 Other Neuroendocrine and Neuromodulatory Factors That Influence Age-Related Division of Labor in Honeybee Colonies 1047 30.7 Division of Labor for Colony Growth and Development: Endocrine Influences on Worker Size and Subcaste 1049 30.7.1 Physical Factors 1049 30.7.2 Nutrition and Pheromones 1049 30.7.3 Hormonal Integration 1050 30.7.4 Tissue Responses to Worker Caste-Determining Endocrine Factors 1050 30.8 Summary 1051 30.9 Speculation on the Evolution of Division of Labor: A Neuroendocrine Perspective 1051 30.9.1 Level One: Incipient Societies and Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition among Adults 1053 30.9.2 Level Two: Pre-Adult, Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition 1054 30.9.3 Level Three: Pre-Adult, Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition Enhanced by Disruptive Selection 1054 30.9.4 Level Four: Division of Labor among Adult Workers and Its Regulation by Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition 1055 30.9.5 Level Five: Division of Labor among Morphologically Distinct Adult Workers and Its Regulation by Pre-Adult, Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition 1056 30.9.6 Concluding Remarks 1056 References 1057 Further Reading 1067

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