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Alternative genetic foundations for a key social polymorphism in fire ants.

Genetics - 1 Dec 2003

Ross Kenneth G, Krieger Michael J B, Shoemaker D DeWayne

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Little is known about the genetic foundations of colony social organization. One rare example in which a single major gene is implicated in the expression of alternative social organizations involves the presumed odorant-binding protein gene Gp-9 in fire ants. Specific amino acid substitutions in this gene invariably are associated with the expression of monogyny (single queen per colony) or polygyny (multiple...

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PMID: 14704171
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/165.4.1853
PMCID: PMC1462884

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