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The establishment of dominance hierarchies through aggressive interactions is very common in insect societies. In many cases,
it is also mediated through pheromone emissions that enable individuals to evaluate the reproductive quality and level of
aggressiveness of the dominant individual, thereby reducing the number and intensity of costly fights. Here, we studied these
processes in the primitively eusocial bee Bombus terrestris, using a paired bee system. Specifically, we investigated the behavioral, reproductive, and pheromonal correlates of dominance
establishment. Workers were shown to establish dominance hierarchies using overt aggression within 3–4 days. Thereafter, the
aggression drastically decreased, and dominance was maintained mostly by ritualized agonistic behavior. The behaviorally dominant
bee lost the ester compounds that workers produce in their Dufour's gland (the so-called “sterility signal”) concomitantly
with the development of her ovaries. The other bee announced as subordinate by continuously producing high amounts of those
esters. The hypothesis that sterility signaling serves as an appeasement signal to pacify the dominant bees is supported by
the negative correlation found between the proportion of these esters and the level of aggression that the subordinate received
from the dominant worker. Physical interactions, and presumably also the ensuing overt aggression between the bees, were essential
for the above pheromonal change to take place and enabled the dominant workers to develop their ovaries and to lay eggs. The
subordinate bee’s signaling of non-reproductive status may minimize energy expenditure in costly fights and help stabilize
the reproductive division of labor among workers. 相似文献
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Single umbilical artery is among the most common funicular vascular anomalies. In contrast, umbilical artery stenosis is rare, and has only been reported in three-vessel cords. We describe a case of single umbilical artery stenosis in a fetus with no associated malformations. Intrauterine fetal death occurred at 28weeks' gestation following cordocentesis and intravascular transfusion for Rhesus alloimmunization. Single umbilical artery stenosis may place the fetus at increased risk, particularly in cases requiring interventions involving cord manipulation. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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