Genomics, Physiology and Behaviour of Social Insects

This text provides comprehensive information on the social insect groups described, including new and unique reviews on emerging model social organisms.

Amro Zayed (Volume editor), Clement Kent (Volume editor)

9780128021576

Hardback, published 30 March 2015

380 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.52 kg

"This book is highly recommended for all academics interested in the genomic and physiological underpinnings of behavior among social insects. Those new to the field, especially incoming graduate students, will find this is an excellent primer that places the most recent findings in a historical and theoretical context." --The Quarterly Review of Biology

Approx.364 pages

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2. The Physiological and Genomic Bases of Bumble Bee Social Behavior

Etya Amsalem, Christina M. Grozinger, Mario Padilla and Abraham Hefetz

3. Physiological and Genomic Mechanisms of Social Organization in Wasps (Family: Vespidae)

Jennifer M. Jandt and Amy L. Toth

4. Juvenile Hormone, a Central Regulator of Termite Caste Polyphenism

Judith Korb

5. The Physiology and Genomics of Social Transitions in Aphids

Patrick Abbot

6. Insect Reward Systems: Comparing Flies and Bees

Eirik Søvik , Clint J. Perry and Andrew B. Barron

7. Epigenetics in Social Insects

Karl M. Glastad, Linh Chau and Michael A. D. Goodisman

8. The Molecular and Evolutionary Genetic Implications of Being Truly Social for the Social Insects

Timothy A. Linksvayer

9. Population Genomic and Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Physiology and Behavior in Social Insects

Clement F. Kent and Amro Zayed

10. Understanding Honey Bee Worker Self-Sacrifice: A Conceptual-Empirical Framework Emma K. Mullen and Graham J. Thompson

Subject Areas: Insects [entomology PSVT7]