The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Gadau, Jürgen ^a   Helmkampf, Martin ^a   Nygaard, Sanne ^b   Roux, Julien ^c,d,e   Simola, Daniel F ^f   Smith, Chris R ^g   Suen, Garret ^h   Wurm, Yannick ^c,d,i   Smith, Christopher D ^j  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HONEYBEE; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, INSECT; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

APIS MELLIFERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84655167020     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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