Eusociality and the transition from biparental to alloparental care in termites

Published: March 1, 2023, midnight

b"In this podcast for Functional Ecology, Assistant Editor, Frank Harris, sits down with Thomas Chouvenc\\u2014Assistant Professor at the University of Florida\\u2014to discuss his recently published paper \\u2018Eusociality and the transition from biparental to alloparental care in termites.'\\n\\nThomas\\u2019 paper shows that, in eusocial insects, colony foundation is a critical bottleneck, where the founding individuals must engage in a temporary (but obligatory) parental care phase that may ultimately reflect on the family unit conditions of their sub-social ancestors.\\n\\nArticle: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.14183\\n\\nPodcast Transcript: https://functionalecologists.com/2023/03/01/eusociality-and-the-transition-from-biparental-to-alloparental-care-in-termites-podcast-transcript/\\n\\nPLS: https://fesummaries.wordpress.com/2022/09/20/parental-care-behaviors-shifted-from-parents-to-offspring-in-social-insects/"