Article
Adaptive radiation and social evolution of the ants.
Cell - 4 Sept 2025
Vizueta Joel, Xiong Zijun, Ding Guo, Larsen Rasmus S, Ran Hao, Gao Qionghua, Stiller Josefin, Dai Wei, Jiang Wei, Zhao Jie, Guo Chunxue, Zhang Xiafang, Zuo Dashuang, Zhong Wenjiang, Schiøtt Morten, Liu Chengyuan, Zhang Hailin, Dai Xueqin, Andreu Ignasi, Shi Yue, Tretter Sandra, He Ding, Gautam Shubham, Li Zelin, Hickey Glenn, Ivens Aniek B F, Meurville Marie-Pierre, Hita-Garcia Francisco, Kass Jamie M, Guénard Benoit, Moreau Corrie, Paten Benedict, LeBoeuf Adria C, Economo Evan P, Chapuisat Michel, Shik Jonathan Z, Ward Philip S, Heinze Jürgen, Schultz Ted R, Li Qiye, Dunn Robert R, Sanders Nathan J, Liu Weiwei, Schrader Lukas, Boomsma Jacobus J, Zhang Guojie
Abstract excerpt
Ants originated over 150 million years ago through an irreversible transition to superorganismal colony life. Comparative analyses of 163 ant genomes, including newly generated whole-genome sequences of 145 ant species, reveal extensive genome rearrangements correlated with speciation rates. Meanwhile, conserved syntenic blocks are enriched with co-expressed genes involved in basal metabolism and caste...
Topics
- Animals
- Ants
- Social Evolution
- Genome, Insect
- Phylogeny
- Gene Regulatory Networks
- Social Behavior