Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species

Inquiline ants are highly specialized and obligate social parasites that infiltrate and exploit colonies of closely related species. They have evolved many times convergently, are often evolutionarily young lineages, and are almost invariably rare. Focusing on the leaf-cutting ant genus Acromyrmex,...

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Autores principales: Schrader, Lukas, Pan, Hailin, Bollazzi, Martin, Schiøtt, Morten, Larabee, Fredrick J., Bi, Xupeng, Deng, Yuan, Zhang, Guojie, Boomsma, Jacobus J., Rabeling, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8131649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34006882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23178-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8131649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34006882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23178-w

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