How inquilinism shaped breeding systems in a termite host-inquiline relationship
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17494" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17494</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17494" target="_blank" >10.1111/mec.17494</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
How inquilinism shaped breeding systems in a termite host-inquiline relationship
Original language description
Social insects have developed a broad diversity of nesting and foraging strategies. One of these, inquilinism, occurs when one species (the inquiline) inhabits the nest built and occupied by another species (the host). Obligatory inquilines must overcome strong constraints upon colony foundation and development, due to limited availability of host colonies. To reveal how inquilinism shapes reproductive strategies in a termite host-inquiline dyad, we carried out a microsatellite marker study on Inquilinitermes inquilinus and its host Constrictotermes cavifrons. The proportion of simple, extended and mixed families was recorded in both species, as well as the presence of neotenics, parthenogenesis and multiple foundations. Most host colonies (95%) were simple families and all were monodomous. By contrast, the inquiline showed a higher proportion of extended (30%) and mixed (5%) families, and frequent neotenics (in 25% of the nests). This results from the simultaneous foundation in host nests of numerous incipient colonies, which, as they grow, may compete, fight, or merge. We also documented the use of parthenogenesis by female–female pairs. In conclusion, the classical monogamous colony pattern of the host species suggests uneventful development of simple foundations dispersed in the environment, in accordance with the wide distribution of their resources. By contrast, the multiple reproductive patterns displayed by the inquiline species reveal strong constraints on foundation sites: founders first concentrate into host nests, then must attempt to outcompete or absorb the neighbouring foundations to gain full control of the resources provided by the host nest.
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
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Molecular Ecology
ISSN
0962-1083
e-ISSN
1365-294X
Volume of the periodical
33
Issue of the periodical within the volume
17
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
e17494
UT code for WoS article
001289213100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85201059736