Factors determining which caste larvae will become!
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 6:22 am
From
Larval isolation and brood care in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
J. F. S. Lopes, W. O. H. Hughes, R. S. Camargo and L. C. Forti
Received 8 November 2004; revised 31 March 2005; accepted 22 April 2005.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gatewa ... f&site=398
Extract:
Although caste destiny may be influenced
by genotype (Hughes et al., 2003), it is almost certainly also
dependent upon environmental factors. These include the
temperature larvae are reared at and the food they receive,
both of which are under the control of adult workers (Weber,
1972; Bollazi and Roces, 2002).
Larval isolation and brood care in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
J. F. S. Lopes, W. O. H. Hughes, R. S. Camargo and L. C. Forti
Received 8 November 2004; revised 31 March 2005; accepted 22 April 2005.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gatewa ... f&site=398
Extract:
Although caste destiny may be influenced
by genotype (Hughes et al., 2003), it is almost certainly also
dependent upon environmental factors. These include the
temperature larvae are reared at and the food they receive,
both of which are under the control of adult workers (Weber,
1972; Bollazi and Roces, 2002).