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Simple inheritance, complex regulation: Supergene-mediated fire ant queen polymorphism.

Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2020

Arsenault Samuel V, King Joanie T, Kay Sasha, Lacy Kip D, Ross Kenneth G, Hunt Brendan G

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The fire ant Solenopsis invicta exists in two alternate social forms: monogyne nests contain a single reproductive queen and polygyne nests contain multiple reproductive queens. This colony-level social polymorphism corresponds with individual differences in queen physiology, queen dispersal patterns and worker discrimination behaviours, all evidently regulated by an inversion-based supergene that spans more than...

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Alleles
Animals
Ants
Multifactorial Inheritance
Polymorphism, Genetic
Social Behavior

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PMID: 32749006
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15581

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