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eusocial [‚yü′sō·shəl] (zoology) Pertaining to animal societies, such as those of certain insects, in which sterile individuals work on behalf of reproductive individuals. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Among naked mole rats, a eusocial lifestyle probably developed, in part, because most colony members are closely related. Damarland mole rats are the only mammals that are eusocial, which means their reproduction is a cooperative affair with a caste-like division of labor. In this lengthy treatise, costa, a professor of biology at Western Carolina University, explains how the idea of eusocial behavior (what occurs in most ant colonies) has dominated entomology and how it has led to the neglect of noneusocial insect societies. |
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