Conserved Class of Queen Pheromones Stops Social Insect Workers from Reproducing

Author:

Van Oystaeyen Annette1,Oliveira Ricardo Caliari1,Holman Luke2,van Zweden Jelle S.1,Romero Carmen3,Oi Cintia A.1,d'Ettorre Patrizia4,Khalesi Mohammadreza5,Billen Johan1,Wäckers Felix6,Millar Jocelyn G.3,Wenseleers Tom1

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution, Zoological Institute, University of Leuven, Naamsestraat 59—Box 2466, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

2. Division of Ecology, Evolution, and Genetics, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

3. Departments of Entomology and Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.

4. Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology (LEEC), University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 93430 Villetaneuse, France.

5. Centre for Food and Microbial Technology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (MS), University of Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 33—Box 2463, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.

6. Lancaster Environment Centre, Farrer Avenue, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4YQ, UK.

Abstract

Long Live the Queen Eusociality is often considered to have arisen, at least in part, due to the inclusive fitness that workers gain through helping their queen sister to raise her offspring. Van Oystaeyen et al. (p. 287 ; see the Perspective by Chapuisat ) characterized the sterility-inducing queen pheromone across three distantly related eusocial hymenopterans (a wasp, a bumblebee, and a desert ant) and synthesized data across 69 other species. Queen pheromones appear to be remarkably conserved, which suggests that reproductive manipulation has ancient roots.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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