Social immunity as a driver of life-history evolution in eusocial species
Samir I Aisin, Regina A Belova, Denis A Dmitriev, Peter V. Lidsky
The paper develops an epidemiological model showing how social immunity influences life-history evolution in eusocial species by linking pathogen exposure to lifespan differences between castes.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology