Social Evolution in Ants
Social Evolution in Ants
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蚂蚁的社会进化
DOI：
10.5860/choice.33-5080
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
N. Franks
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作者：
A. Bourke;N. Franks
长期以来，生物学家一直对昆虫社会行为的进化和生态学中的复杂问题感到好奇和困惑。对于进化生物学家来说，蚁群中不育工蚁的自我牺牲行为尤其难以解释。本文概述了蚂蚁社会进化的科学知识的现状，并展示了对蚂蚁的研究如何有助于理解行为生态学和进化生物学中的许多基本课题。这本书解释了亲属选择理论和性别比例理论及其在昆虫社会进化中的应用。为了消除对亲属选择理论以及更广泛的“自私基因”理论有效性的怀疑，作者展示了这些想法是如何支撑蚂蚁社会中合作和冲突的进化的。此外，使用简单的代数，他们提供了关键数学模型的详细解释。最后，他们讨论了蚂蚁社会生物学中两个相对鲜为人知的话题：生活史策略和交配系统。
Biologists have long been intrigued and confounded by the complex issues in the evolution and ecology of the social behaviour of insects. The self-sacrifice of sterile workers in ant colonies has been particularly difficult for evolutionary biologists to explain. This text presents an overview of the current state of scientific knowledge about social evolution in ants and shows how studies on ants have contributed to an understanding of many fundamental topics in behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology. The book explains kin selection theory and sex ratio theory and their applications to social evolution in insects. Aiming to dispel lingering skepticism about the validity of kin selection and, more broadly, of "selfish gene" theory, the authors show how these ideas underpin the evolution of both co-operation and conflict within ant societies. In addition, using simple algebra, they provide detailed explanations of key mathematical models. Finally, they discuss two relatively little-known topics in ant social biology: life history strategy and mating systems.