Myrmecol. News 12: 182; printable
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_012:182
- Open Access: CC BY 4.0
- Year: 2009
- Title: Gadau, J. & Fewell, J. (Eds.) 2009: Organization of insect societies: from genome to sociocomplexity
- Journal: Myrmecological News
- Volume: 12
- Pages: 182
- Type of contribution: Book Review
- Supplementary material: No
- Abstract: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Ma, X + 617 pp.; Isbn 978-0-674-03125-8, Price: Usd 79.95 Assistant Professor Dr. Graham J. Thompson, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London On N6A 5B7, Canada. E-mail: graham.thompson@uwo.ca Myrmecol. News 12: 182 (online 25 May 2009) Issn 1994-4136 (print), Issn 1997-3500 (online) Received 23 April 2009; accepted 23 April 2009 The study of social life has long had an identity problem within evolutionary biology. For some, it is a special interest topic outside of the mainstream, while for others it has been central for generating and testing key ideas on the nature of selection. A new book that underscores social insects as models in the study of adaptive complexity will go a long way towards shoring up this latter personality. Organization of insect societies: from genome to sociocomplexity is a substantive collection of original, peer-reviewed chapters that address recent progress and nuances in…
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- Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
- ISSN: Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500