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The fire ant social supergene is characterized by extensive gene and transposable element copy number variation.

Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2020

Fontana Silvia, Chang Ni-Chen, Chang Tiffany, Lee Chih-Chi, Dang Viet-Dai, Wang John

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In the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, a supergene composed of ~600 genes and having two variants, SB and Sb, regulates colony social form. In single queen colonies, all individuals carry only the SB allele, while in multiple queen colonies, some individuals carry the Sb allele. In this study, we characterized genes with copy number variation between SB and Sb-carrying individuals. We showed extensive acquisition of...

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PMID: 31736148
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15308

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