title: Social insects: from selfish genes to self organisation and beyond.
abstract: Selfish gene and self-organisation approaches have revolutionised the study of social insects and have provided unparalleled insights into the highly sophisticated nature of insect social evolution. Here, we briefly review the core programs and interfaces with communication and recognition studies that characterise these fields today, and offer an interdisciplinary future perspective for the study of social insect evolutionary biology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. jjboomsma@bi.ku.dk
authors.forename: Jacobus J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Boomsma
authors.forename: Nigel R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Franks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005075:Biological Evolution; D007313:Insecta / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012919:Social Behavior