The genetic basis of a social polymorphism in halictid bees

Sarah D. Kocher; Ricardo Mallarino; Benjamin E. R. Rubin; Douglas W. Yu; Hopi E. Hoekstra; Naomi E. Pierce

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06824-8

Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

The genetic basis of a social polymorphism in halictid bees

Sarah D. Kocher,
Ricardo Mallarino,
Benjamin E. R. Rubin,
Douglas W. Yu,
Hopi E. Hoekstra,
Naomi E. Pierce

Affiliations

Sarah D. Kocher: Department of Ecology and Evoutionary Biology, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
Ricardo Mallarino: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Benjamin E. R. Rubin: Department of Ecology and Evoutionary Biology, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
Douglas W. Yu: Kunming Institute for Zoology
Hopi E. Hoekstra: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Naomi E. Pierce: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06824-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The halictid bee Lasioglossum albipes has both solitary and eusocial individuals, making it a model for social evolution. Here, Kocher et al. identify a genetic variation associated with this social polymorphism, including a variant that can regulate the expression of an autism-associated gene, syntaxin 1a.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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