Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Evidence for a conserved queen-worker genetic toolkit across slave-making ants and their ant hosts
B. Feldmeyer, C. Gstoettl, J. Wallner…·J. Heinze
The paper shows that queen-worker gene expression differences are more consistent across ant species than lifestyle differences, supporting a conserved genetic toolkit for caste determination.
DOI 10.1111/mec.16639