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Bourke, Andrew F. G. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-8816
(2002)
Genetics of social behaviour in fire ants.
Trends in Genetics, 18 (5).
pp. 221-223.
ISSN 1362-4555
Abstract
A recent study is the first to sequence a gene known to underlie a complex social phenotype. In the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, a single allelic difference at the Gp-9 locus specifies the number of queens a colony has, and hence the social structure of the colony. Gp-9 appears to encode a protein implicated in chemical recognition of nestmates, consistent with workers determining queen number by selectively executing queens as a function of workers’ and queens’ Gp-9 genotypes. Other Solenopsis species exhibit the same social and genetic polymorphism. This study pioneers the integrated understanding of the evolution of social behaviour at molecular, individual and social levels.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2010 13:38 |
| Last Modified: | 17 May 2023 00:20 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1293 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0168-9525(02)02655-0 |
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