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Population-wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Sept 2006

Anderson Kirk E, Hölldobler Bert, Fewell Jennifer H, Mott Brendon M, Gadau Jürgen

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Many populations of the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus exhibit genetic caste determination (GCD) generated by the interbreeding of two distinct yet interdependent lineages. Same-lineage matings are genetically predestined to become female reproductives (gynes) whereas alternate-lineage matings become workers. The perpetuation of this system requires that reproductives of both lineages are available for...

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PMID: 16938859
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0606055103
PMCID: PMC1569181

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