J. J. Kreider

Maternal manipulation of offspring size can trigger the evolution of eusociality in promiscuous species

This study presents a theoretical model showing that eusociality can evolve in promiscuous species if mothers manipulate offspring size, leading to social polymorphism and dispersal strategies.

Coevolution of larval signalling and worker response can trigger developmental caste determination in social insects

The paper models how larval signaling and worker response coevolve to trigger caste determination and worker polymorphism in social insects through self-reinforcement mechanisms.

Resource sharing leads to the emergence of division of labour

This study shows that resource sharing among initially identical individuals leads to the spontaneous emergence of division of labour through task specialisation and nutritional differences.

The evolution of ageing in cooperative breeders

This study shows that cooperative breeding leads to longer lifespans due to delayed reproduction and kin structure, linking ageing evolution with kin selection theory.