Add to ORKGWhy are honeybee and army ant queens super-polyandrous exceptions to a mostly monoandrous order? In this paper I synthesize the leading hypotheses for the evolution of polyandry and the commonalities between the two groups to form an argument for why super-polyandrous mate numbers evolved in these two groups. I suggest that army ants and honeybees likely evolved from monoandry to polyandry due to the benefits conferred by genetic variance, particularly reduction of diploid male load, and super-polyandrous mate numbers evolved due to the low cost of additional mates relative to the benefits of guaranteeing adequate genetic variance and the optimum proportion of genetic specialists
Monogamy results in high genetic relatedness among offspring and thus it is generally assumed to be ...
Abstract.: Multiple mating (i.e., polyandry) by queens in social Hymenoptera is expected to weaken s...
The evolution of the complex societies displayed by social insects depended partly on high relatedne...
Understanding the evolution of multiple mating by females (polyandry) is an important question in be...
Multiple mating by queens occurs in many species of social Hymenoptera despite its likely costs. Hyp...
Several genetic and nongenetic benefits have been proposed to explain multiple mating (polyandry) in...
The unique nomadic life-history pattern of army ants (army ant adaptive syndrome), including obligat...
International audienceHow polygyny evolved in social insect societies is a long-standing question. T...
Although monandry is believed to have facilitated the evolution of eusociality, many highly eusocial...
According to evolutionary theory, cooperation should evolve most easily in closely related groups. I...
The unique nomadic life-history pattern of army ants (army ant adaptive syndrome), including obligat...
Honey bee queens mate with many males, creating numerous patrilines within colonies that are genetic...
Although social insect colonies are most easily conceptualized as consisting of a single, once-mated...
Several genetic and non-genetic hypotheses have been formulated to account for the evolution and mai...
Honey bee queens mate with many males, creating numerous patrilines within colonies that are genetic...
Monogamy results in high genetic relatedness among offspring and thus it is generally assumed to be ...
Abstract.: Multiple mating (i.e., polyandry) by queens in social Hymenoptera is expected to weaken s...
The evolution of the complex societies displayed by social insects depended partly on high relatedne...
Understanding the evolution of multiple mating by females (polyandry) is an important question in be...
Multiple mating by queens occurs in many species of social Hymenoptera despite its likely costs. Hyp...
Several genetic and nongenetic benefits have been proposed to explain multiple mating (polyandry) in...
The unique nomadic life-history pattern of army ants (army ant adaptive syndrome), including obligat...
International audienceHow polygyny evolved in social insect societies is a long-standing question. T...
Although monandry is believed to have facilitated the evolution of eusociality, many highly eusocial...
According to evolutionary theory, cooperation should evolve most easily in closely related groups. I...
The unique nomadic life-history pattern of army ants (army ant adaptive syndrome), including obligat...
Honey bee queens mate with many males, creating numerous patrilines within colonies that are genetic...
Although social insect colonies are most easily conceptualized as consisting of a single, once-mated...
Several genetic and non-genetic hypotheses have been formulated to account for the evolution and mai...
Honey bee queens mate with many males, creating numerous patrilines within colonies that are genetic...
Monogamy results in high genetic relatedness among offspring and thus it is generally assumed to be ...
Abstract.: Multiple mating (i.e., polyandry) by queens in social Hymenoptera is expected to weaken s...
The evolution of the complex societies displayed by social insects depended partly on high relatedne...