# 🐜 TwoLineages

**Daniel A. Friedman, Deborah M. Gordon** (2017) · *Molecular Ecology*

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## Abstract

> Dependent-lineage ant species challenge conventional assumptions about colony genetic structure and its relationship to colony-level behavior. In dependent-lineage species, queens must mate with males from a different genetic lineage to produce workers, while same-lineage matings produce new queens. This unusual mating system creates colonies with complex genetic architectures that provide a...

## Keywords

`dependent-lineage` · `mating systems` · `Pogonomyrmex` · `harvester ants` · `genetic caste determination` · `intragenomic conflict` · `colony organization` · `social evolution`

## Methods

- Field observation and behavioral assays
- Population genetics analysis

## Key Findings

- Dependent-lineage ant species challenge conventional assumptions about colony genetic structure and its relationship to colony-level behavior..
- In dependent-lineage species, queens must mate with males....

## Artifacts

- DOI: [10.1111/mec.13964](https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13964)
- PDF: [2017_TwoLineages.pdf](2017_TwoLineages.pdf)
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## Citation

> Daniel A. Friedman, Deborah M. Gordon (2017). *TwoLineages*. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13964. URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13964.

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