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Comparison of Protein and Carbohydrate Intake Targets of Emerging Workers and Gynes of the Wasp Polistes metricus Using the Geometric Framework
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Comparison of Protein and Carbohydrate Intake Targets of Emerging Workers and Gynes of the Wasp Polistes metricus Using the Geometric Framework
Yazar:
Gay, Daniel R., author.
ISBN:
9780438000780
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1 electronic resource (30 pages)
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
Advisors: Timothy M. Judd Committee members: Dustin Siegel; Francis Tayie.
Özet:
Polistes metricus is a type of social wasp commonly known as a paper wasp. The social structure of Polistes metricus consists of a queen with a number of workers that care for the larvae around the nest as well as gynes that will become queens in the following season. What actually determines why individuals will fall into these castes is of interest to many in the field of entomology. For some social insects, like honeybees the caste of an individual is determined as larvae, but the same may not be true for all social insects. The predictions for this study were that in the absence of external cues, newly eclosed adult Polistes workers, gynes, and males would have significantly different feeding preferences as well as significantly different internal nutrient stores. Using feeding data gathered from wasps with no external cues and analyzing it using the geometric framework, it was determined that gynes, workers, and male wasps had feeding behaviors that were not actually significantly different from one another, leading to the conclusion that in the absence of external cues the adult wasps behave the same regardless of their caste. This also leads to the conclusion that larval cues have no significant influence on caste determination. However, based on the data collected for internal nutrient stores, the males had significantly different stored nutrients when compared to the female gynes and workers.
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School code: 1176
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