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Patriline shifting leads to apparent genetic caste determination in harvester ants.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Jul 2010

Wiernasz Diane C, Cole Blaine J

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The harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, is characterized by high levels of intracolonial genetic diversity resulting from multiple mating by the queen. Within reproductively mature colonies, the relative frequency of different male genotypes (patrilines) is not stable. The difference between samples increases with time, nearing an asymptote after a year. Patriline distributions in gynes and workers display...

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PMID: 20615978
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003299107
PMCID: PMC2919902

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