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A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organization in fire ants

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  • John Wang

    (University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan)

  • Yannick Wurm

    (University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
    Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Mingkwan Nipitwattanaphon

    (University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Oksana Riba-Grognuz

    (University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Yu-Ching Huang

    (Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan)

  • DeWayne Shoemaker

    (USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, 1600/1700 Southwest 23rd Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA)

  • Laurent Keller

    (University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

Abstract

Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) are socially polymorphic, with some workers tolerating several queens in their colony and others tolerating just one; this study shows that a non-recombining supergene is responsible for this social polymorphism, and the operation of this genomic region is remarkably similar to that of sex chromosomes.

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  • John Wang & Yannick Wurm & Mingkwan Nipitwattanaphon & Oksana Riba-Grognuz & Yu-Ching Huang & DeWayne Shoemaker & Laurent Keller, 2013. "A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organization in fire ants," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7434), pages 664-668, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7434:d:10.1038_nature11832
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11832
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    1. Patrick K Piekarski & Stephany Valdés-Rodríguez & Daniel J C Kronauer, 2023. "Conditional indirect genetic effects of caregivers on brood in the clonal raider ant," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 34(4), pages 642-652.

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