Genomic signatures of recent convergent transitions to social life in spiders

Chao Tong; Leticia Avilés; Linda S. Rayor; Alexander S. Mikheyev; Timothy A. Linksvayer

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34446-8

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Genomic signatures of recent convergent transitions to social life in spiders

Chao Tong,
Leticia Avilés,
Linda S. Rayor,
Alexander S. Mikheyev,
Timothy A. Linksvayer

Affiliations

Chao Tong: Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Leticia Avilés: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Linda S. Rayor: Department of Entomology, Cornell University
Alexander S. Mikheyev: Evolutionary Genomics Group, Research School of Biology, Australian National University
Timothy A. Linksvayer: Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34446-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Sociality has evolved repeatedly in arthropods. Tong et al. compare the genomes of 22 spider species with a range of social complexity and eight independent origins of sociality, and identify specific genetic changes associated with the evolution of sociality in spiders.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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