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Meiotic recombination dramatically decreased in thelytokous queens of the little fire ant and their sexually produced workers.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2011

Rey Olivier, Loiseau Anne, Facon Benoit, Foucaud Julien, Orivel Jérôme, Cornuet Jean-Marie, Robert Stéphanie, Dobigny Gauthier, Delabie Jacques Hubert Charles, Mariano Cléa Dos Santos Ferreria, Estoup Arnaud

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The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, displays a peculiar breeding system polymorphism. Classical haplo-diploid sexual reproduction between reproductive individuals occurs in some populations, whereas, in others, queens and males reproduce clonally. Workers are produced sexually and are sterile in both clonal and sexual populations. The evolutionary fate of the clonal lineages depends strongly on the...

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PMID: 21459760
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr082

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