Climbing the social ladder: The molecular evolution of sociality

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 426-433

  Rehan, Sandra M ^a   Toth, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Eusociality; Hymenoptera; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84937514257     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.05.004     Document Type: Review

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