Modern termites inherited the potential of collective construction from their common ancestor
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F20%3AN0000087" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/20:N0000087 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41340/20:85306
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6381" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6381</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6381" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.6381</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Modern termites inherited the potential of collective construction from their common ancestor
Original language description
Animal collective behaviors give rise to various spatial patterns, such as the nests of social insects. These structures are built by individuals following a simple set of rules, slightly varying within and among species, to produce a large diversity of shapes. However, little is known about the origin and evolution of the behavioral mechanisms regulating nest structures. In this study, we discuss the perspective of inferring the evolution of collective behaviors behind pattern formations using a phylogenetic framework. We review the collective behaviors that can be described by a single set of behavioral rules, and for which variations of the environmental and behavioral parameter values produce diverse patterns. We propose that this mechanism could be at the origin of the pattern diversity observed among related species, and that, when they are placed in the proper conditions, species have the behavioral potential to form patterns observed in related species. The comparative analysis of shelter tube construction by lower termites is consistent with this hypothesis. Although the use of shelter tubes in natural conditions is variable among species, most modern species have the potential to build them, suggesting that the behavioral rules for shelter tube construction evolved once in the common ancestor of modern termites. Our study emphasizes that comparative studies of behavioral rules have the potential to shed light on the evolution of collective behaviors.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
ISSN
2045-7758
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
13
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
6775-6784
UT code for WoS article
000537010600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85085684729