Caste Determination in the Argentine Ant, Iridomyrmex Humilis

阿根廷蚂蚁Iridomyrmex Humilis的种姓决定： 该奖项的建议是根据美国-工业化 科学家和工程师交流国家方案， 1987/1988年竞赛。 该计划旨在使美国 科学家和工程师进行长期研究， 西欧工业化国家的教育机构 如日本、澳大利亚和新西兰。 交换奖励提供 开展联合研究和利用 独特或互补的设施，专业知识和实验 国外的条件。 奖项是根据与以下方面有关的科学标准选出的： 他/她的科学领域、申请人的潜力 专业成长，以及与进一步发展有关的标准 科学和工程的国际合作。 程序 特别是针对那些正在从事 他们的研究生涯。 该研究项目将调查几个社会和环境 可能在阿根廷种姓决定中发挥作用的因素 ant. 这些因素包括蜂王信息素，工蜂/幼虫比例， 蜂王年龄对卵偏性影响及季节对卵和 工人偏见 将使用菌落的小片段来检查 这些因素对新蚁后发展的影响。 该项目是在爱德华·L博士的指导下。瓦戈县 美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校动物学系主任Luc Passera博士 和Jacques Bitsch，昆虫学实验室，CNRS，118，Route de Narbonne，31062，图卢兹，法国。 这项授标建议提供资金，酌情支付 国际旅行、当地出国旅行、津贴、家属 津贴，如果适用，语言培训，如果需要，和一个公寓 美国本土机构的行政津贴为250美元。

Caste Determination in the Argentine Ant, Iridomyrmex Humilis: This award recommendation is made under the U.S.-Industrialized Countries Program for the Exchange of Scientists and Engineers, 1987/1988 Competition. The program is designed to enable U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct long-term research at research institutions in the industrialized countries of Western Europe as well as Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Exchange awards provide opportunities for the conduct of joint research and the utilization of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions in foreign countries. Awards are selected on the basis of scientific criteria relevant to his/her field of science, the propsective potential of the applicants for professional growth, as well as criteria relevant to the furthering of international cooperation in science and engineering. The program is particularly directed to scientists and engineers who are embarking on their research careers. This research project will investigate several social and environmental factors which may play a role in caste determination in the Argentine ant. These factors include queen pheromones, worker/larva ratios, influence of queen age on egg bias, and effect of season on egg and worker bias. Small fragments of colonies will be used to examine the influence of these factors on the development of new queens. The project is under the direction of Dr. Edward L. Vargo, Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. and Dr. Luc Passera and Jacques Bitsch, Laboratoire d'Entomologie, CNRS, 118, Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France. This award recommendation provides funds to cover, as appropriate, international travel, local travel abroad, stipend, dependents allowance, if applicable, language training, if required, and a flat administrative allowance of $250 for the U.S. home institution.