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Odor diversity decreases with inbreeding in the ant Hypoponera opacior.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2016

Menzel Florian, Radke René, Foitzik Susanne

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Reduction in heterozygosity can lead to inbreeding depression. This loss of genetic variability especially affects diverse loci, such as immune genes or those encoding recognition cues. In social insects, nestmates are recognized by their odor, that is their cuticular hydrocarbon profile. Genes underlying hydrocarbon production are thought to be under balancing selection. If so, inbreeding should result in a loss...

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PMID: 27641363
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13068

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