Biology

POLYGYNY AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN WASPS

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A "polyg ynous family hypothesis" is proposed as an alternative to the "subsocial" and "semisocial" hypotheses for the evolution of insect sociality.

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WEST-EBERHARD, M. POLYGYNY AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN WASPS. JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1978, 51: 832–856.