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Gene duplication and the evolution of phenotypic diversity in insect societies.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2017
Chau Linh M, Goodisman Michael A D
Abstract excerpt
Gene duplication is an important evolutionary process thought to facilitate the evolution of phenotypic diversity. We investigated if gene duplication was associated with the evolution of phenotypic differences in a highly social insect, the honeybee Apis mellifera. We hypothesized that the genetic redundancy provided by gene duplication could promote the evolution of social and sexual phenotypes associated with...
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