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Juvenile hormone promotes dominance behavior and ovarian development in social wasps (Polistes annularis)

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Repeated topical application of juvenile hormone to workers of the primitive social wasp,Polistes annularis resulted in a disruption of colony social structure as indicated by a sharp increase in the frequency of dominance interactions. Ovarian maturation was also observed, probably as both a direct and an indirect effect of hormone treatment.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, Texas, USA

    R. H. Barth, L. J. Lester, P. Sroka, T. Kessler & R. Hearn

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We would like to thankDr. Mary Ann Rankin for a critical reading of the manuscript and to acknowledge financial support from N.I.H. Training Grants Nos. 5T01 GM00836-11 and 5T01 GM00337-14.

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Barth, R.H., Lester, L.J., Sroka, P. et al. Juvenile hormone promotes dominance behavior and ovarian development in social wasps (Polistes annularis). Experientia 31, 691–692 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944632

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