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Genomic Signature of Kin Selection in an Ant with Obligately Sterile Workers

Kin selection is thought to drive the evolution of cooperation and conflict, but the specific genes and genome-wide patterns shaped by kin selection are unknown. We identified thousands of genes associated with the sterile ant worker caste, the archetype of an altruistic phenotype shaped by kin sele...

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Autores principales: Warner, Michael R., Mikheyev, Alexander S., Linksvayer, Timothy A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5455959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28419349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx123