Evolution: A social parasite was born from a virgin

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Michel Chapuisat

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Sociologie

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Anglais

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doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.019

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Serveur académique Lausannois

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Université de Lausanne et CHUV

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Michel Chapuisat, « Evolution: A social parasite was born from a virgin », Serveur académique Lausannois, ID : 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.019

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Summary The sudden appearance of small winged queens within a lineage of asexually reproducing ant workers reveals that such social parasites can appear abruptly. The parasitic queens differ in a large genomic region, suggesting that a supergene instantly equipped the social parasite with a suite of co-adapted traits.

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