Genes with social effects are expected to harbor more sequence variation within and between species

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1685-1696

  Linksvayer, Timothy A ^a,c   Wade, Michael J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Indirect genetic effects; Kin selection; Mutation selection balance; Relaxed selective constraint; Social evolution; Sociogenomics

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT; KIN SELECTION; MATERNAL EFFECT; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 67649447017     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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