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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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| 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 |