| Title: | Environmentally responsive reproduction: neuroendocrine signalling and the evolution of eusociality |
| Author(s): | Knapp RA; Norman VC; Rouse JL; Duncan EJ; |
| Address: | "School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Electronic address: e.j.duncan@leeds.ac.uk" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cois.2022.100951 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2214-5753 (Electronic) 2214-5745 (Print) |
| Abstract: | "Eusociality is a rare but successful life-history strategy that is defined by the reproductive division of labour. In eusocial species, most females forgo their own reproduction to support that of a dominant female or queen. In many eusocial insects, worker reproduction is inhibited via dominance hierarchies or by pheromones produced by the queen and her brood. Here, we consider whether these cues may act as generic 'environmental signals', similar to temperature or nutrition stress, which induce a state of reproductive dormancy in some solitary insects. We review the recent findings regarding the mechanisms of reproductive dormancy in insects and highlight key gaps in our understanding of how environmental cues inhibit reproduction" |
| Keywords: | Animals Female Insecta *Life History Traits Pheromones/pharmacology *Reproduction; |
| Notes: | "MedlineKnapp, Rosemary A Norman, Victoria C Rouse, James L Duncan, Elizabeth J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Netherlands 2022/07/22 Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2022 Oct; 53:100951. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2022.100951. Epub 2022 Jul 18" |
