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Analyzes how parasites shape the biology of social insects: the ants, wasps, bees, and termites. This book places the issues such as division of labor, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology in a common framework to examine two of the most successful adaptations of life: parasitism and sociality.

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments1The Biology of Social Insects32The Parasites and Their Biology243Breaking into the Fortress774Parasites and the Organization of the Colony1195Breeding Strategies and Parasites1636Host-Parasite Dynamics2047Virulence and Resistance2378Social Evolution273App. 1: Glossary287App. 2The Parasites of Social Insects291References325Subject Index381Host Taxonomic Index386Parasite Taxonomic Index393Author Index399

Parasites in Social Insects

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 22 November 1998
      ISBN-13 9780691059242
      978-0691059242
      ISBN-10 0691059241
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      Biology, life sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analyzes how parasites shape the biology of social insects: the ants, wasps, bees, and termites. This book places the issues such as division of labor, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology in a common framework to examine two of the most successful adaptations of life: parasitism and sociality.

      Table of Contents
      Preface and Acknowledgments1The Biology of Social Insects32The Parasites and Their Biology243Breaking into the Fortress774Parasites and the Organization of the Colony1195Breeding Strategies and Parasites1636Host-Parasite Dynamics2047Virulence and Resistance2378Social Evolution273App. 1: Glossary287App. 2The Parasites of Social Insects291References325Subject Index381Host Taxonomic Index386Parasite Taxonomic Index393Author Index399

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