The origin and maintenance of honest communication signals in insect societies KU Leuven
Social insects are well known for their highly developed social organization and have become a key model in the study of sociality. A key characteristic of their societies is the reproductive division of labor between fertile queens and largely sterile workers, which is regulated by the queen signaling her dominance and fertility through behaviour and pheromones. Recently, it has been shown that cuticular hydrocarbons act as conserved queen ...