Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of castes in vespid wasps
oleh: Christopher Douglas Robert Wyatt, Michael Andrew Bentley, Daisy Taylor, Emeline Favreau, Ryan Edward Brock, Benjamin Aaron Taylor, Emily Bell, Ellouise Leadbeater, Seirian Sumner
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01 |
Deskripsi
A key hypothesis for the evolution of division of labour in social insects is that a shared set of genes – a genetic toolkit - regulates reproductive castes across species. Here, the authors analyze brain transcriptomes from nine species of social wasps to identify the factors that shape this toolkit.