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Social insect colony size is correlated with rates of substitution and DNA repair gene evolution

2018-09-12

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Larger numbers of germline cell divisions can increase the number of mutations inherited by offspring. Therefore, in systems where the number of offspring is dependent on the number of germline cell divisions, a higher overall rate of molecular evolution may be expected. Here I examine whether colony size in social insects, which varies from tens to millions, influences molecular evolutionary rates by analyzing se...

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DOI: 10.1101/415570

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