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Evolution of a supergene that regulates a trans-species social polymorphism.
Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Feb 2020
Yan Zheng, Martin Simon H, Gotzek Dietrich, Arsenault Samuel V, Duchen Pablo, Helleu Quentin, Riba-Grognuz Oksana, Hunt Brendan G, Salamin Nicolas, Shoemaker DeWayne, Ross Kenneth G, Keller Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Supergenes are clusters of linked genetic loci that jointly affect the expression of complex phenotypes, such as social organization. Little is known about the origin and evolution of these intriguing genomic elements. Here we analyse whole-genome sequences of males from native populations of six fire ant species and show that variation in social organization is under the control of a novel supergene haplotype...
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