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Genomic Signature of Kin Selection in an Ant with Obligately Sterile Workers.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2017

Warner Michael R, Mikheyev Alexander S, Linksvayer Timothy A

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Kin selection is thought to drive the evolution of cooperation and conflict, but the specific genes and genome-wide patterns shaped by kin selection are unknown. We identified thousands of genes associated with the sterile ant worker caste, the archetype of an altruistic phenotype shaped by kin selection, and then used population and comparative genomic approaches to study patterns of molecular evolution at these...

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PMID: 28419349
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx123
PMCID: PMC5455959

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