title: Modeling evolutionary transitions in social insects.
abstract: Mathematical models based on direct fitness calculations may be able to explain important aspects of social evolution in insects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doebeli
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Ehab
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abouheif
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005075:Biological Evolution; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: ecology; eusociality; evolutionary biology; evolutionary dynamics; genetics; genomics; hymenoptera; mathematical model; social insects