Conclusion
The individuals in animal societies interact via a complex web of semiochemical signals. Eusocial species of social insects and social mammals are characterized by reproductive division of labour. In some species, group members fight to establish which animals will reproduce. Other species use pheromones that act as signals rather than as coercion. The mechanisms used in social insects and in mammals have many similarities.
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Wyatt, T.D. (2005). Pheromones: Convergence and contrasts in insects and vertebrates. In: Mason, R.T., LeMaster, M.P., Müller-Schwarze, D. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25160-X_2
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