Reproductive workers insufficiently signal their reproductive ability in a paper wasp.
Reproductive workers insufficiently signal their reproductive ability in a paper wasp.
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造纸黄蜂的繁殖工蜂没有充分表明其繁殖能力。
DOI：
10.1093/beheco/arz212
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
T.
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作者：
Tsuchida;K.;Saigo;T.;Asai;K.;Okamoto;T.;Ando;M.;Ando;T.;Sasaki;K.;Yokoi;K.;Watanabe;D.;Sugime;Y.;Miura;T.
为什么工蚁丧失了直接繁殖的机会，这是真社会进化中的一个关键问题。工蜂繁殖为研究蜂王和工蜂之间的亲缘冲突解决机制提供了一个很好的机会。我们评估了行为和生理的差异，在论文黄蜂中国触角，以探讨为什么有些工人在蜂王条件下繁殖。生殖工人的年龄和觅食的季节早，他们的表皮碳氢化合物（CHC）配置文件重叠的皇后，但显着不同。蚁后卵中独特的CHC特征可能代表了对工蚁进行监管的线索。保幼激素（JH）和多巴胺似乎与促性腺功能有关，生殖工的JH水平与蜂王相似。生殖工人的高JH水平可能促进他们的繁殖，即使在女王的条件下。女王和生殖工人的基因表达水平不同，只有在卵黄蛋白原。这些结果表明，工人的生殖促进了JH水平的增加，但是，CHC不是一个生育力相关的信号，但女王相关的信号，因此，没有女王相关的信号的生殖工人可能会被允许留在殖民地。
Why workers forfeit direct reproduction is a crucial question in eusocial evolution. Worker reproduction provides an excellent opportunity to understand the mechanism of kin conflict resolution between the queen and workers. We evaluated behavioral and physiological differences among females in the paper waspPolistes chinensis antennalisto examine why some workers reproduce under queenright conditions. Reproductive workers were old and foraged less early in the season; their cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles overlapped with those of queens but were significantly different. The distinct CHC profile of the eggs of the queen likely represented a cue for policing against those by workers. Juvenile hormone (JH) and dopamine seemed to be associated with gonadotropic function, and the JH level of reproductive workers was similar to that of the queen. The high JH level of reproductive workers likely facilitated their reproduction even under queenright conditions. Gene expression levels of the queen and reproductive workers differed only in vitellogenin. These results suggest that worker reproduction is facilitated by an increase in JH level; however, CHC is not a fertility-linked signal, but a queen-linked signal; consequently, reproductive workers without a queen-linked signal might be allowed to stay within the colony.