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 ====== Anarchist Bees ====== ====== Anarchist Bees ======
  
-Wiki site of the practical exercise of the [[http://www.ictp-saifr.org/mathbio4|IV Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology]].+Wiki site of the practical exercise of the [[http://www.ictp-saifr.org/mathbio5|V Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology]].
  
 Here you will find the exercise assignment and the group's products.  Here you will find the exercise assignment and the group's products. 
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 1. Reproductive division of labour is a characterising feature of social insects. 1. Reproductive division of labour is a characterising feature of social insects.
  
-2. Even though workers are physiologically capable of reproducing, worker derived drones are extremely rare in queenright //Apis mellifera// colonies.+2. Even though workers are physiologically capable of reproducing, worker-derived drones are extremely rare in queenright //Apis mellifera// colonies.
  
 3. Most worker-laid drone eggs are eaten by other workers (a phenomenon known as worker policing). 3. Most worker-laid drone eggs are eaten by other workers (a phenomenon known as worker policing).
  
-4. There is some evidence for reduction of working behavior in reproductive workers, thus there may be a reduction in colony fitness if there is too many anarchist bees.+4. There is some evidence for reduction of working behavior in reproductive workers, thus there could be a reduction in colony fitness if there were too many anarchist bees.
  
-5. Sterility in workers is (mostly) regulated by a single //locus//, which (surprinsingly) is called //Anarchy//.+5. Sterility in workers is (mostly) regulated by a single //locus//, called //Anarchy//.
  
 6. In other groups of Hymenoptera, such as pomerine ants, workers can also reproduce sexually, so that a numbers of species have a different type of social organization without the need of the queen caste. 6. In other groups of Hymenoptera, such as pomerine ants, workers can also reproduce sexually, so that a numbers of species have a different type of social organization without the need of the queen caste.
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 ===== Assignment ===== ===== Assignment =====
  
-Investigate how the dynamics of worker reproduction in Hymenoptera affect the stability of colonies. +Investigate with mathematical models how the dynamics of worker reproduction in Hymenoptera affects the stability of colonies. 
  
 ===== Proposed Questions ===== ===== Proposed Questions =====
  
-1. Is it possible that worker reproduction may occur at a stable rate without destabilizing the colony as whole? +  * Is it possible that worker reproduction may occur at a stable rate without destabilizing the colony as a whole? 
- +  * How does sexual reproduction between workers changes such stability?
-2. How does sexual reproduction between workers changes such stability?+
  
 ===== References ===== ===== References =====
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