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SUBMITTER: Warner MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6570765 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Warner Michael R MR Qiu Lijun L Holmes Michael J MJ Mikheyev Alexander S AS Linksvayer Timothy A TA
Nature communications 20190614 1
Eusociality has convergently evolved multiple times, but the genomic basis of caste-based division of labor and degree to which independent origins of eusociality have utilized common genes remain largely unknown. Here we characterize caste-specific transcriptomic profiles across development and adult body segments from pharaoh ants (Monomorium pharaonis) and honey bees (Apis mellifera), representing two independent origins of eusociality. We identify a substantial shared core of genes upregulat ...[more]