Did the fire ant supergene evolve selfishly or socially?

Social supergenes of superorganisms: Do supergenes play important roles in social evolution?

(2013) Timothy A. Linksvayer et al.   BIOESSAYS

Mechanisms and Dynamics of Orphan Gene Emergence in Insect Genomes

(2013) Lothar Wissler et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A simple genetic basis for complex social behaviour mediates widespread gene expression differences

(2013) Mingkwan Nipitwattanaphon et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organization in fire ants

(2013) John Wang et al.   NATURE

Phenotypic impact of genomic structural variation: insights from and for human disease

(2013) Joachim Weischenfeldt et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Y-chromosome evolution: emerging insights into processes of Y-chromosome degeneration

(2013) Doris Bachtrog   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Large-scale regional variation in cooperation and conflict among queens of the desert ant Messor pergandei

(2012) K.R. Helms et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Transposable Elements: An Abundant and Natural Source of Regulatory Sequences for Host Genes

(2012) Rita Rebollo et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Recent Studies on Insect Hormone Metabolic Pathways Mediated by Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

(2012) Masatoshi Iga et al.   BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN

On the Structural Plasticity of the Human Genome: Chromosomal Inversions Revisited

(2012) Joao M. Alves et al.   CURRENT GENOMICS

The Selfish Segregation Distorter Gene Complex of Drosophila melanogaster

(2012) A. M. Larracuente et al.   GENETICS

The influence of social structure on brood survival and development in a socially polymorphic ant: insights from a cross-fostering experiment

(2012) J. Purcell et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phenotypic impacts of PBAN RNA interference in an ant, Solenopsis invicta, and a moth, Helicoverpa zea

(2012) Man-Yeon Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Male reproductive fitness and queen polyandry are linked to variation in the supergene Gp-9 in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

(2012) L. P. Lawson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Polyphenism in Insects

(2011) Stephen J. Simpson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Venom Alkaloid and Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles Are Associated with Social Organization, Queen Fertility Status, and Queen Genotype in the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta

(2011) Dorit Eliyahu et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

IRS and TOR nutrient-signaling pathways act via juvenile hormone to influence honey bee caste fate

(2011) N. S. Mutti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Multiple virus infections occur in individual polygyne and monogyne Solenopsis invicta ants

(2011) Clare Allen et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Royalactin induces queen differentiation in honeybees

(2011) Masaki Kamakura   NATURE

Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

(2011) Mathieu Joron et al.   NATURE

Alternative splicing of a single transcription factor drives selfish reproductive behavior in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera)

(2011) A. Jarosch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Are all sex chromosomes created equal?

(2011) Doris Bachtrog et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Insulin receptor substrate influences female caste development in honeybees

(2010) F. Wolschin et al.   Biology Letters

Molecular domestication of transposable elements: From detrimental parasites to useful host genes

(2009) L. Sinzelle et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Oocyte membrane localization of vitellogenin receptor coincides with queen flying age, and receptor silencing by RNAi disrupts egg formation in fire ant virgin queens

(2009) Hsiao-Ling Lu et al.   FEBS Journal

Characterization of six human disease-associated inversion polymorphisms

(2009) Francesca Antonacci et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

The determinants of queen size in a socially polymorphic ant

(2009) J. MEUNIER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Culture and the evolution of human cooperation

(2009) R. Boyd et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolutionary and ecological roots of human social organization

(2009) H. S. Kaplan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Current Status of a Model System: The Gene Gp-9 and Its Association with Social Organization in Fire Ants

(2009) Dietrich Gotzek et al.   PLoS One

Polymorphic social organization in an ant

(2009) R. J. Gill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive Evolution of Pelvic Reduction in Sticklebacks by Recurrent Deletion of a Pitx1 Enhancer

(2009) Y. F. Chan et al.   SCIENCE

C. elegans dauer formation and the molecular basis of plasticity

(2008) N. Fielenbach et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Revisiting horizontal transfer of transposable elements in Drosophila

(2008) E L S Loreto et al.   HEREDITY

GP-9s Are Ubiquitous Proteins Unlikely Involved in Olfactory Mediation of Social Organization in the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta

(2008) Walter S. Leal et al.   PLoS One

Rapid SNP Discovery and Genetic Mapping Using Sequenced RAD Markers

(2008) Nathan A. Baird et al.   PLoS One

Insulin signaling is involved in the regulation of worker division of labor in honey bee colonies

(2008) S. A. Ament et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Estimation of the number of founders of an invasive pest insect population: the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USA

(2008) K. G Ross et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genome-Wide Expression Patterns and the Genetic Architecture of a Fundamental Social Trait

(2008) John Wang et al.   PLoS Genetics