Temporary Queens in Metapolybia Wasps: Nonreproductive Helpers Without Altruism?
- 28 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 200 (4340) , 441-443
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4340.441
Abstract
In Metapolybia aztecoides some mated females produce only workers, losing in competition with other similar egg-layers before producing either males or queens. Worker production by these ultimately nonreproductive females may incidentally benefit others without lowering individual fitness (without "altruism"). It could be a by-product of mutualism rather than of kin selection or parental manipulation.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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