Evolution of ageing, costs of reproduction and the fecundity–longevity trade-off in eusocial insects

The Expensive Germline and the Evolution of Ageing

(2016) Alexei A. Maklakov et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Gene expression differences in relation to age and social environment in queen and worker bumble bees

(2016) Gabrielle A. Lockett et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Transcriptomic response to injury sheds light on the physiological costs of reproduction in ant queens

(2016) Katharina von Wyschetzki et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Pleiotropic effects of juvenile hormone in ant queens and the escape from the reproduction–immunocompetence trade-off

(2016) Tobias Pamminger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Endocrine uncoupling of the trade-off between reproduction and somatic maintenance in eusocial insects

(2016) Marisa A Rodrigues et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Why do social insect queens live so long? Approaches to unravel the sociality-aging puzzle

(2016) Judith Korb   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Editorial overview: Social insects: aging and the re-shaping of the fecundity/longevity trade-off with sociality

(2016) José Manuel Monroy Kuhn et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Colony and individual life-history responses to temperature in a social insect pollinator

(2015) Jacob G. Holland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Intrinsic survival advantage of social insect queens depends on reproductive activation

(2015) O. Rueppell et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Transcriptomic Signatures Mirror the Lack of the Fecundity/Longevity Trade-Off in Ant Queens

(2015) Katharina von Wyschetzki et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Long live the wasp: adult longevity in captive colonies of the eusocial paper waspPolistes canadensis(L.)

(2015) Robin J. Southon et al.   PeerJ

Ant Colonies Do Not Trade-Off Reproduction against Maintenance

(2015) Boris H. Kramer et al.   PLoS One

Cheating workers with large activated ovaries avoid risky foraging

(2014) K. M. Roth et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Exploring the role of juvenile hormone and vitellogenin in reproduction and social behavior in bumble bees

(2014) Etya Amsalem et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Reproduction, social behavior, and aging trajectories in honeybee workers

(2013) Luke Dixon et al.   AGE

Queen life-span and total reproductive success are positively associated in the ant Cardiocondyla cf. kagutsuchi

(2013) Jürgen Heinze et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Dufour’s gland secretion, sterility and foraging behavior: Correlated behavior traits in bumblebee workers

(2013) Etya Amsalem et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Diversity of ageing across the tree of life

(2013) Owen R. Jones et al.   NATURE

Life-History Evolution and the Polyphenic Regulation of Somatic Maintenance and Survival

(2013) Thomas Flatt et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Thelytokous Parthenogenesis in Eusocial Hymenoptera

(2012) Christian Rabeling et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

REPRODUCTIVE CONFLICT IN BUMBLEBEES AND THE EVOLUTION OF WORKER POLICING

(2012) Lorenzo R. S. Zanette et al.   EVOLUTION

Terminal Investment: Individual Reproduction of Ant Queens Increases with Age

(2012) Jürgen Heinze et al.   PLoS One

Social Context and Reproductive Potential Affect Worker Reproductive Decisions in a Eusocial Insect

(2012) Boris Yagound et al.   PLoS One

DETERMINATION OF THE COST OF WORKER REPRODUCTION VIA DIMINISHED LIFE SPAN IN THE ANTDIACAMMASP.

(2011) Kazuki Tsuji et al.   EVOLUTION

Social molecular pathways and the evolution of bee societies

(2011) G. Bloch et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Survival costs of reproduction in Drosophila

(2010) Thomas Flatt   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers live longer in small than in large colonies

(2009) Olav Rueppell et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Lifetime reproductive success and longevity of queens in an annual social insect

(2009) C. LOPEZ-VAAMONDE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Aging and Reproduction in Social Insects – A Mini-Review

(2008) Jürgen Heinze et al.   GERONTOLOGY

On status badges and quality signals in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: body size, facial colour patterns and hierarchical rank

(2008) R Cervo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES