Abstract:7Insects have been used as an exemplary model in studying longevity, from extrinsic mortality 8 pressures to intrinsic senescence. In the highly eusocial insects great degrees of variation in lifespan 9 exist between morphological castes in relation to extreme divisions of labour, but of particular 10 interest is the primitively eusocial orders. These species represent the ancestral beginnings of 11 eusociality, in which castes are flexible and based on behaviour rather than morphology. Here we 12 present data… Show more
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