Sociality Is Linked to Rates of Protein Evolution in a Highly Social Insect

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 497-500

  Hunt, Brendan G ^a   Wyder, Stefan ^b,c   Elango, Navin ^a   Werren, John H ^d   Zdobnov, Evgeny M ^b,c   Yi, Soojin V ^a   Goodisman, Michael A D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Caste; Comparative genomics; Eusocial; Evolutionary rate; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; QUEEN (INSECT); WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, INSECT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77249148827     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp225     Document Type: Article

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