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Evolution of ageing, costs of reproduction and the fecundity–longevity trade-off in eusocial insects

Pierre BLACHER Former Fyssen 2014 & Timothy J. Huggins, Andrew F. G. Bourke Proceedings B 2017; Eusocial insects provide special opportunities to elucidate the evolution of ageing as queens have apparently evaded costs of reproduction and reversed the fecundity–longevity trade-off generally observed in non-social organisms. But how reproduction affects longevity in eusocial insects has rarely […]

Complexity and plasticity in honey bee phototactic behaviour

Morgane NOUVIAN Former Fyssen 2016 Complexity and plasticity in honey bee phototactic behaviour Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 7872 (2020) Morgane Nouvian & C. Giovanni Galizia Abstract The ability to move towards or away from a light source, namely phototaxis, is essential for a number of species to find the right environmental niche and may have […]