The convergent evolution of agriculture in humans and insects / edited by Ted R. Schultz, Richard Gawne, and Peter N. Peregrine,.
| Other author | Schultz, Ted R. |
| Other author | Gawne, Richard. |
| Other author | Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal), 1963- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021] |
| Description | viii, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs |
| Subjects |
| Series | Vienna series in theoretical biology Vienna series in theoretical biology. ^A691420 |
| Contents | Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Bilaterian Animals: An Adaptive Landscape Perspective / George R. McGhee -- The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture: A Systematic Comparative Analysis / Peter N. Peregrine -- If Group Selection is Weak, What Can Agriculture Learn from Fungus-Farming Insects? / R. Ford Denison -- The Sociobiology of Domestication / Duur K. Aanen and Niels P.R. Anten -- Lifetime Commitment between Social Insect Families and their Fungal Cultivars Complicates Comparisons with Human Farming / Jacobus J. Boomsma -- Fungus-Growing Termites: An Eco-Evolutionary Perspective / Judith Korb -- Mycangia Define the Diverse Ambrosia Beetle-Fungus Symbioses / Chase G. Mayers, Thomas C. Harrington, Peter H.W. Biedermann -- Agricultural and proto-agricultural symbioses in ants / Ana Ješovnik and Ted R. Schultz -- Convergence and Divergence in the Evolution of Agriculture: Plant Farming by Ants / Guillaume Chomicki -- Coevolution in the Arable Battlefield: Pathways to Crop Domestication, Cultural Practices and Parasitic Domesticoids / Dorian Q. Fuller and Tim Denham -- Convergent Adaptation and Specialization of Eukaryotic Pathogens across Agricultural Systems / Nicole Gerardo -- Evaluating Potential Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Phenotypic Change in the Human Skeleton over the Agricultural Transition / Lumila P. Menéndez and Laura T. Buck -- Hammond's Law: A Mechanism Governing the Development and Evolution of Form in Domesticated Organisms / Richard Gawne and Kenneth Z. McKenna -- The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Fungus-Farming Ants / Ted R. Schultz. |
| Abstract | "An edited collection about the evolution of agriculture in humans and insects"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021000486 |
| ISBN | 9780262543200 (paperback) |
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