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  Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity (Hardback) Edited by Jurgen Gadau, Edited by Jennifer Fewell, Foreword by Edward O. Wilson, Contributions by Jacobus J. Boomsma, Contributions by Michael D. Breed, Contributions by Blaine J. Cole, Contributions by Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Contributions by Joachim Erber, Contributions by Nigel R. Franks

  

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  Short Description for Organization of Insect Societies Examines the question of sociality in insects. This book contains theoretical ideas and suitable for those interested in social evolution and complex systems.
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  • Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 28 February 2009
  • Format: Hardback 640 pages
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  • Categories: Evolution | Insects (entomology) | Wildlife: Birds & Birdwatching
  • ISBN 13: 9780674031258 ISBN 10: 0674031253
  • Sales rank: 1,328,019

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• In this landmark volume, an international group of scientists has synthesized their collective expertise and insight into a newly unified vision of insect societies and what they can reveal about how sociality has arisen as an evolutionary strategy.Jurgen Gadau and Jennifer Fewell have assembled leading researchers from the fields of molecular biology, evolutionary genetics, neurophysiology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary theory to reexamine the question of sociality in insects. Recent advances in social complexity theory and the sequencing of the honeybee genome ensure that this book will be valued by anyone working on sociality in insects. At the same time, the theoretical ideas presented will be of broad-ranging significance to those interested in social evolution and complex systems.