Endocrine influences on insect societies

Citation:

Adam R Hamilton, Shpigler, Hagai Y. , Bloch, Guy , Wheeler, Diana , and Robinson, Gene E. . 2017. “Endocrine Influences On Insect Societies”. In Hormones, Brain And Behavior, 3rd ed., 2:Pp. 421-451. Oxford: Academic Press. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803592-4.00037-7.

Abstract:

 Chapter Outline30.1 Introduction30.2 Overview of Division of Labor in Insect Societies                30.2.1 Division of Labor for Reproduction                30.2.2 Division of Labor among Workers                30.2.3 Primitive and Advanced Eusociality30.3 Insect Hormones That Influence Division of Labor30.4 Endocrine Signaling in Reproductive Division of Labor                30.4.1 JH and Reproductive Division of Labor                30.4.2 Ecdysone and Reproductive Division of Labor                30.4.3 Nutrition and Metabolic Factors Influencing Reproductive Division of Labor                30.4.4 Biogenic Amines and Reproductive Division of Labor30.5 Endocrine Influences on Division of Labor Among Workers: Behavioral Maturation                30.5.1 Juvenile Hormone and Behavioral Maturation                30.5.2 Ecdysone and Behavioral Maturation                30.5.3 Nutrition and Metabolic Factors Influencing Behavioral Maturation                30.5.4 Biogenic Amines and Behavioral Maturation30.6 Endocrine Influences on Division of Labor Among Workers: Morphologically Distinct Castes                30.6.1 Juvenile Hormone and Worker Caste Differentiation  30.7 The Transcriptomic Architecture Linking Endocrine Signaling and Behavioral State30.8 Evolutionary Perspectives                30.8.1 Endocrine-Related Signatures of Selection                30.8.2 Speculation on the Evolution of Division of Labor: A Neuroendocrine Perspective                30.8.3 Level One: Incipient Societies and Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition among Adults                30.8.4 Level Two: Pre-Adult Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition30.8.5 Level Three: Pre-Adult, Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition Enhanced by DisruptiveSelection                30.8.6 Level Four: Division of Labor among Adult Workers and its Regulation by Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition30.8.7 Level Five: Division of Labor among Morphologically Distinct Adult Workers and ItsRegulation by Pre-Adult, Endocrine-Mediated Social Inhibition30.8.8 Concluding Remarks