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Simple inheritance, complex regulation: Supergene‐mediated fire ant queen polymorphismNARA Subscribed
The fire ant Solenopsis invicta exists in two alternate social forms: monogyne nests contain a single reproductive queen and polygyne nests contain multiple reproductive queens. This colony‐level social polymorphism corresponds with individual differences in queen physiology, queen dispersal patterns and worker discrimination behaviours, all evidently regulated by an inversion‐based supergene that spans more than 13 Mb of a “s...
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