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Social evolution. Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living.

ABSTRACT: The evolution of eusociality is one of the major transitions in evolution, but the underlying genomic changes are unknown. We compared the genomes of 10 bee species that vary in social complexity, representing multiple independent transitions in social evolution, and report three major findings. First, many important genes show evidence of neutral evolution as a consequence of relaxed selection with increasing social complexity. Second, there is no single road map to eusociality; independent evolutionary transitions in sociality have independent genetic underpinnings. Third, though clearly independent in detail, these transitions do have similar general features, including an increase in constrained protein evolution accompanied by increases in the potential for gene regulation and decreases in diversity and abundance of transposable elements. Eusociality may arise through different mechanisms each time, but would likely always involve an increase in the complexity of gene networks.

SUBMITTER: Kapheim KM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5471836 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Social evolution. Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living.

Kapheim Karen M KM Pan Hailin H Li Cai C Salzberg Steven L SL Puiu Daniela D Magoc Tanja T Robertson Hugh M HM Hudson Matthew E ME Venkat Aarti A Fischman Brielle J BJ Hernandez Alvaro A Yandell Mark M Ence Daniel D Holt Carson C Yocum George D GD Kemp William P WP Bosch Jordi J Waterhouse Robert M RM Zdobnov Evgeny M EM Stolle Eckart E Kraus F Bernhard FB Helbing Sophie S Moritz Robin F A RF Glastad Karl M KM Hunt Brendan G BG Goodisman Michael A D MA Hauser Frank F Grimmelikhuijzen Cornelis J P CJ Pinheiro Daniel Guariz DG Nunes Francis Morais Franco FM Soares Michelle Prioli Miranda MP Tanaka Érica Donato ÉD Simões Zilá Luz Paulino ZL Hartfelder Klaus K Evans Jay D JD Barribeau Seth M SM Johnson Reed M RM Massey Jonathan H JH Southey Bruce R BR Hasselmann Martin M Hamacher Daniel D Biewer Matthias M Kent Clement F CF Zayed Amro A Blatti Charles C Sinha Saurabh S Johnston J Spencer JS Hanrahan Shawn J SJ Kocher Sarah D SD Wang Jun J Wang Jun J Robinson Gene E GE Zhang Guojie G

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20150514 6239

The evolution of eusociality is one of the major transitions in evolution, but the underlying genomic changes are unknown. We compared the genomes of 10 bee species that vary in social complexity, representing multiple independent transitions in social evolution, and report three major findings. First, many important genes show evidence of neutral evolution as a consequence of relaxed selection with increasing social complexity. Second, there is no single road map to eusociality; independent evo ...[more]

PMID: 25977371

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Social evolution. Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living.

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Social evolution. Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living.

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