Cryptic recessive lethality of a supergene controlling social organization in ants
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16821
Abstract: Supergenes are clusters of linked loci that control complex phenotypes, such as alternative forms of social organization in ants. Explaining the long‐term maintenance of supergenes is challenging, particularly when the derived haplotype lacks homozygous lethality… read more here.
Keywords: social organization; lethality; cryptic recessive; organization ants ... See more keywords