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This project explores the relationship between gut microbiota and social behavior in insects, focusing on how these interactions influence cooperation and division of labor. It aims to understand the role of microbial communities in shaping social structures.
Understanding the evolution and maintenance of cooperation is one of the major challenges in biology and is epitomised by the eusocial insects, which Darwin even considered to be potentially fatal to his theory of natural selection.
Hamilton’s seminal papers revolutionised our understanding of evolution by explaining cooperation in social insect societies via kin selection, where individuals gain fitness by helping their relatives.
But, in the absence of an overarching manager, how is it decided…
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