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

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

(2013) John Wang et al.   NATURE

Detecting the Molecular Signature of Social Conflict: Theory and a Test with Bacterial Quorum Sensing Genes

(2012) J. David Van Dyken et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Evolution: Sociality as a Driver of Unorthodox Reproduction

(2012) Tanja Schwander et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Social Hybridogenesis in the Clonal Ant Cataglyphis hispanica

(2012) Laurianne Leniaud et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

GENETIC COMPATIBILITY AFFECTS DIVISION OF LABOR IN THE ARGENTINE ANTLINEPITHEMA HUMILE

(2012) Romain Libbrecht et al.   EVOLUTION

Plant sex chromosome evolution

(2012) Deborah Charlesworth   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Recombination is associated with the evolution of genome structure and worker behavior in honey bees

(2012) C. F. Kent et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sequencing papaya X and Yh chromosomes reveals molecular basis of incipient sex chromosome evolution

(2012) J. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Contrasted Patterns of Molecular Evolution in Dominant and Recessive Self-Incompatibility Haplotypes in Arabidopsis

(2012) Pauline M. Goubet et al.   PLoS Genetics

Kin Selection–Mutation Balance: A Model for the Origin, Maintenance, and Consequences of Social Cheating

(2011) J. David Van Dyken et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

A high recombination rate in eusocial Hymenoptera: evidence from the common wasp Vespula vulgaris

(2011) Anu Sirviö et al.   BMC GENETICS

GENETIC COMPONENTS TO CASTE ALLOCATION IN A MULTIPLE-QUEEN ANT SPECIES

(2011) Romain Libbrecht et al.   EVOLUTION

Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

(2011) Mathieu Joron et al.   NATURE

Unisexual reproduction among vertebrates

(2011) William B. Neaves et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species

(2011) Jürgen Gadau et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Segregation distortion causes large-scale differences between male and female genomes in hybrid ants

(2010) J. Kulmuni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Deconstructing the Superorganism: Social Physiology, Groundplans, and Sociogenomics

(2010) Brian R. Johnson et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Evolution of an Expanded Sex-Determining Locus in Volvox

(2010) P. Ferris et al.   SCIENCE

Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation

(2010) Tanja Schwander et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Honeybee Social Regulatory Networks Are Shaped by Colony‐Level Selection

(2009) Timothy A. Linksvayer et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

GENES WITH SOCIAL EFFECTS ARE EXPECTED TO HARBOR MORE SEQUENCE VARIATION WITHIN AND BETWEEN SPECIES

(2009) Timothy A. Linksvayer et al.   EVOLUTION

Revisiting the Impact of Inversions in Evolution: From Population Genetic Markers to Drivers of Adaptive Shifts and Speciation?

(2008) Ary A. Hoffmann et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Mating for variety increases foraging activity in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

(2008) DIANE C. WIERNASZ et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic and genomic analyses of the division of labour in insect societies

(2008) Chris R. Smith et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Genetic royal cheats in leaf-cutting ant societies

(2008) William O. H. Hughes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic Compatibility Affects Queen and Worker Caste Determination

(2008) T. Schwander et al.   SCIENCE

The evolution of restricted recombination in sex chromosomes

(2008) Roberta Bergero et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2008) John Wang et al.   PLoS Genetics