Genetic control of social organization in an ant.

doi:10.1073/pnas.95.24.14232

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Genetic control of social organization in an ant.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Nov 1998

Ross K G, Keller L

Abstract excerpt

A central issue in evolutionary biology is the extent to which complex social organization is under genetic control. We have found that a single genomic element marked by the protein-encoding gene Gp-9 is responsible for the existence of two distinct forms of social organization in the fire ant S...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Ants
Biological Evolution
Female
Fertility
Gene Frequency
Genes, Insect
Genotype
Social Behavior

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