Caste Determination in the Argentine Ant, Iridomyrmex Humilis

阿根廷蚂蚁（Iridomyrmex Humilis）的种姓决定：该奖项是根据美国-工业化国家科学家和工程师交流计划1987/1988竞赛提出的。该项目旨在使美国科学家和工程师能够在西欧工业化国家以及日本、澳大利亚和新西兰的研究机构进行长期研究。交换奖为进行联合研究和利用国外独特或互补的设施、专门知识和实验条件提供了机会。奖项的评选依据是与其科学领域相关的科学标准、申请人在专业发展方面的前景潜力，以及与促进国际科学与工程合作有关的标准。该项目特别针对正在从事研究工作的科学家和工程师。本研究项目将调查可能在阿根廷蚂蚁种姓决定中发挥作用的几个社会和环境因素。这些因素包括蜂王信息素、工蜂/幼虫比、蜂王年龄对卵偏性的影响以及季节对卵和工蜂偏性的影响。殖民地的小碎片将被用来检查这些因素对新女王发展的影响。该项目由美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校动物学系Edward L. Vargo博士和法国图卢兹纳博讷路31062号118号法国国家科学研究中心昆虫实验室Luc Passera博士和Jacques Bitsch博士指导。该奖励建议提供资金，酌情支付国际旅行，国外本地旅行，津贴，家属津贴（如果适用），语言培训（如果需要），以及美国本土机构250美元的固定行政津贴。

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.