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Effective population size as a driver for divergence of an antimicrobial peptide (Hymenoptaecin) in two common European bumblebee species

2016-10-01

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Social insects are the target of numerous pathogens. This is because the high density of closely‐related individuals frequently interacting with each other enhances the transmission and establishment of pathogens. This high selective pressure results in the rapid evolution of immune genes, which might be counteracted by a reduced effective population size (Nₑ) lowering the effectiveness of selection. We tested the...

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Literature Corpus work: 9212c773-5f9a-5c21-a6e5-c184d630e87e
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12835

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