SGER: A Non-Behavioral Protocol for Queen vs. Worker Discrimination in Paperwasps

SGER：纸蜂蜂王与工蜂歧视的非行为协议

• 批准号: 9811612
• 负责人: James Hunt
• 金额: $ 0.52万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Saint Louis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-06-01 至 1998-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9811612&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Non; Behavioral; Protocol; Queen

Nontechnical Abstract 9811612 PI: Hunt, J. A central problem in biology is the relationship between an organisms genes and its development. Each cell of an organism contains the same genes and yet some develop into liver cells, others into nerve cells and so on. A similar phenomenon at the whole-organism level occurs when closely related individuals, say siblings, develop in different environment conditions that lead to substantial differences in the growth patterns or adult morphology, physiology and behavior. Cast development in social insects is one of the best examples of this phenomenon. By quantitatively exploring the many differences between queens and workers in the paper wasp, Polistes metricus, this research will explore possible explanations for caste determination that go beyond the traditional idea that caste determination occurs through behavioral interactions among adults in this and other primitively social species. It explores the hypothesis that most caste differences can be linked to nutrition during development. The outcomes of these studies could have an important impact on ideas about how caste is determined in many social insect species. Such studies are important for understanding the ways in which subtle environmental differences can profoundly influence adult morphology, physiology and behavior.

非技术摘要9811612 PI：Hunt，J。生物学的一个核心问题是生物体基因与其发育之间的关系。 生物体的每个细胞都包含相同的基因，但有些细胞会发展成肝细胞，而另一些则将其发展成神经细胞等。 当兄弟姐妹（例如兄弟姐妹）在不同的环境条件下发展，会导致生长模式或成人形态，生理和行为在不同的环境条件下发展时，在整个生物水平上发生了类似的现象。 社交昆虫的铸造发展是这种现象的最佳例子之一。 通过定量探索纸质黄蜂（Polistes Metricus）中皇后和工人之间的许多差异，这项研究将探讨种姓确定的可能解释，这些解释超出了传统观念，即种姓确定是通过这种和其他原始社会物种中成年人之间的行为相互作用而发生的。 它探讨了以下假设：大多数种姓差异可以与开发过程中的营养有关。 这些研究的结果可能会对许多社会昆虫物种如何确定种姓的观念产生重要影响。 这样的研究对于理解微妙的环境差异可以深刻影响成人形态，生理和行为的方式很重要。