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Queen–worker differences are linked to gene duplication and differential gene expression, in particular in reproductive tissues. Study by Xu & Colgan sheds light on how social insects resolve genomic conflict to produce distinct castes.
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Localized Tissue-Specific Gene Expression and Gene Duplications are Important Sources of Social Morph Differences in a Social Bumblebee
Abstract. Understanding the expression of multiple behaviorally and morphologically distinct phenotypes from a single genome represents a fundamental topic
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April 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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