Species commonly exhibit alternative morphs, with individual fate being determined during
development by either genetic factors, environmental cues or a combination thereof. Ants …

The evolution of eusociality is a perennial issue in evolutionary biology, and genomic
advances have fueled steadily growing interest in the genetic changes underlying social …

Supergenes are clusters of tightly linked genes that jointly produce complex phenotypes.
Although widespread in nature, how such genomic elements are formed and how they …

Ants show striking diversity in social organization, raising major questions on the proximate
and ultimate causes of such variation. The shift from one-queen (= monogyne) societies to …

Supergenes underlie striking polymorphisms in nature, yet the evolutionary mechanisms by
which they arise and persist remain enigmatic. These clusters of linked loci can spread in …

Greenbeard genes were proposed as a cartoonish thought experiment to explain why
altruism can be a selfish strategy from the perspective of genes. The likelihood of finding a …

Variation in social behavior is common yet our knowledge of the mechanisms underpinning
its evolution is limited. The fire ant Solenopsis invicta provides a textbook example of a …

Ants use chemical signals to communicate for various purposes related to colony function.
Social organization in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is determined by the Sb …

Abstract Background The Sb supergene in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta determines the
form of colony social organization, with colonies whose inhabitants bear the element …

Many exciting studies have begun to elucidate the genetics of the morphological and
physiological diversity of ants, but as yet few studies have investigated the genetics of ant …