Metabolic division of labor in social insects.

Autor: Negroni MA; Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Electronic address: matteonegroni@hotmail.fr., LeBoeuf AC; Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Electronic address: adria.leboeuf@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current opinion in insect science [Curr Opin Insect Sci] 2023 Oct; Vol. 59, pp. 101085. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101085
Abstrakt: Social insects are known for reproductive and behavioral division of labor, but little attention has been paid to metabolic forms of division of labor. Metabolic division of labor is the partitioning of complementary metabolic tasks between individuals, and it is widespread in social insects. We define two forms of metabolic division of labor, homosynergetic and heterosynergetic, we pinpoint trophallaxis, trophic eggs, and cannibalism as the primary transfers underlying the homosynergetic form and discuss their evolution. We argue that homosynergetic metabolic division of labor underpins fundamental aspects of colony physiology and may be a necessary feature of superorganismal systems, impacting many life history traits. Investigating metabolic division of labor is necessary to understand major evolutionary transition(s) to superorganismality in social insects.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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