Developmental plasticity refers to the property by which the same genotype produces
distinct phenotypes depending on the environmental conditions under which development …

There is increasing evidence that phenotypic plasticity can promote population divergence
by facilitating phenotypic diversification and, eventually, genetic divergence. When a …

Recent evidence for genetic effects on royal and worker caste differentiation from diverse
social insect taxa has put an end to the view that these phenotypes stem solely from a …

We report the draft genome sequence of the red harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus.
The genome was sequenced using 454 pyrosequencing, and the current assembly and …

Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) represent one of the most successful eusocial taxa in terms
of both their geographic distribution and species number. The publication of seven ant …

Recently there has been an explosion of research into the genetics of caste determination,
especially following the discovery of systems where queen-worker caste determination has …

Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to adapt quickly to local environmental conditions
and could facilitate adaptive radiations. Cichlids have recently undergone an adaptive …

Caste differentiation and division of labor are the hallmarks of social insect colonies [1, 2].
The current dogma for female caste differentiation is that female eggs are totipotent, with …

Social insect societies are long-standing models for understanding social behaviour and
evolution. Unlike other advanced biological societies (such as the multicellular body), the …

A central goal of biology is to uncover the genetic basis for the origin of new phenotypes. A
particularly effective approach is to examine the genomic architecture of species that have …