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Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of castes in vespid wasps

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Wyatt, Christopher Douglas Robert, Bentley, Michael Andrew, Taylor, Daisy, Favreau, Emeline, Brock, Ryan Edward, Taylor, Benjamin Aaron, Bell, Emily, Leadbeater, Ellouise, Sumner, Seirian·2023·Nature Communications
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A key mechanistic hypothesis for the evolution of division of labour in social insects is that a shared set of genes co-opted from a common solitary ancestral ground plan (a genetic toolkit for sociality) regulates caste differentiation across levels of social complexity. Using brain transcriptome data from nine species of vespid wasps, we test for overlap in differentially expressed caste genes and use machine learning models to predict castes using different gene sets. We find evidence of a shared genetic toolkit across species representing different levels of social complexity. We also find evidence of additional fine-scale differences in predictive gene sets, functional enrichment and rates of gene evolution that are related to level of social complexity, lineage and of colony founding. These results suggest that the concept of a shared genetic toolkit for sociality may be too simplistic to fully describe the process of the major transition to sociality.

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Wyatt, C. D. R., Bentley, M. A., Taylor, D., Favreau, E., Brock, R. E., Taylor, B. A., Bell, E., Leadbeater, E., & Sumner, S.
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  • University College London (GB)
  • University of Bristol (GB)
  • John Innes Centre (GB)
  • Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
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  • Wyatt, Christopher Douglas Robert
  • Sumner, Seirian
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2023-02-24
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1046-1046
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10.1038/s41467-023-36456-6
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PMC9958023
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RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NE/K011316/1, NE/M012913/2)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Keywords
caste differentiation, Vespidae, social complexity, division of labor, brain transcriptome, gene co-option, life history, lineage, colony founding, gene evolution rates, evolution of sociality
MeSH terms
Animals, Social Behavior, Wasps, Evolution, Molecular, Transcriptome

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