Species-specific genes under selection characterize the co-evolution of slavemaker and host lifestyles

BACKGROUND: The transition to a parasitic lifestyle entails comprehensive changes to the selective regime. In parasites, genes encoding for traits that facilitate host detection, exploitation and transmission should be under selection. Slavemaking ants are social parasites that exploit the altruisti...

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Autores principales: Feldmeyer, B., Elsner, D., Alleman, A., Foitzik, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29202686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1078-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29202686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1078-9

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