Overview
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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...
dependent-lineagemating systemsPogonomyrmexharvester antsgenetic caste determinationintragenomic conflictcolony organizationsocial evolution
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Citation
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Friedman, Daniel Ari. 2017. Two lineages that need each other. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13964. URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13964.
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