Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci.

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Phenotypic plasticity is widespread and evolutionarily important, but genomic consequences of new plastic traits remain unclear. Here, we explore patterns of molecular evolution linked to the repeated evolution of Cephalotes turtle ant worker plasticity, in which smaller minor workers and distinct larger soldiers are produced from a single genomic blueprint through developmentally plastic mechanisms. We integrate...

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