Juvenile hormone promotes dominance behavior and ovarian development in social wasps (Polistes annularis).
Repeated topical application of juvenile hormone to workers of the primitive social wasp, Polistes annularis resulted in a disruption of colony social structure as indicated by a sharp increase in the frequency of dominance interactions. Ovarian maturation was also observed, probably as both a direct and an indirect effect of hormone treatment.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology; D010053:Ovary / Q000254:growth & development*; D012930:Social Dominance; D014863:Wasps / Q000502:physiology*
D007605:Juvenile Hormones