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Population genomics of the honey bee reveals strong signatures of positive selection on worker traits

Harpur, Brock A., Kent, Clement F., Molodtsova, Daria, Lebon, Jonathan M. D., Alqarni, Abdulaziz S., Owayss, Ayman A., Zayed, Amro·2014·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1315506111
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Significance: Most hypotheses explaining the evolution of sociality in insects assume that positive selection drives the evolution of worker traits. Yet we know little about the extent of natural selection acting on social insects. We produced a map of positive selection for the honey bee through analysis of 40 individual genomes. We found strong evidence of positive selection acting on genes and regulatory sequences, and we discovered that mutations in worker-biased proteins tend to have greater fitness effects than mutations in queen-biased proteins. We also found many instances of positive selection acting on genes that influence worker traits, suggesting that worker phenotypes represent a major vector for adaptation in social insects.

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Authors
Harpur, B. A., Kent, C. F., Molodtsova, D., Lebon, J. M. D., Alqarni, A. S., Owayss, A. A., & Zayed, A.
Affiliations
  • Department of Biology and
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3; and
  • Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Published
2014-01-31
Volume
111
Issue
7
Pages
2614-2619
ISSN
  • 0027-8424
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1315506111
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201
References
4
Language
en

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