Behavioral genetics: a gene for supersociality.

Keller L; Parker JD

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00737-6

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Behavioral genetics: a gene for supersociality.

Keller L Institute of Ecology, BB, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Parker JD

2002-03-08

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Current biology : CB. - 2002

English In the fire ant, the number of queens per colony is determined by the workers' Gp-9 genotype. This gene has been found to encode an odorant binding protein, which probably influences workers' abilities to recognize queens and regulate their numbers. Remarkably, the same gene seems to control social organization in three other closely related species.

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