Social supergenes of superorganisms: Do supergenes play important roles in social evolution?

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 683-689

  Linksvayer, Timothy A ^a   Busch, Jeremiah W ^b   Smith, Chris R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic co evolution; Co adapted gene complexes; Genetic caste determination; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT SOCIETY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHENOTYPE; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOLENOPSIS; SUPERGENE;

ANTAGONISTIC CO-EVOLUTION; CO-ADAPTED GENE COMPLEXES; GENETIC CASTE DETERMINATION; RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 84880329148     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300038     Document Type: Article

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