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  • 标题:Genetic control of social organization in an ant
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  • 作者:Kenneth G. Ross ; Laurent Keller
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:1998
  • 卷号:95
  • 期号:24
  • 页码:14232-14237
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.95.24.14232
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:A central issue in evolutionary biology is the extent to which complex social organization is under genetic control. We have found that a single genomic element marked by the protein-encoding gene Gp-9 is responsible for the existence of two distinct forms of social organization in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. This genetic factor influences the reproductive phenotypes and behavioral strategies of queens and determines whether workers tolerate a single fertile queen or multiple queens per colony. Furthermore, this factor affects worker tolerance of queens with alternate genotypes, thus explaining the dramatic differences in Gp-9 allele frequencies observed between the two social forms in the wild. These findings reveal how a single genetic factor can have major effects on complex social behavior and influence the nature of social organization.
  • 关键词:fire ants/polygyny/social behavior/social evolution/ Solenopsis invicta
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