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. 2015 Nov 10;112(45):13755-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519065112. Epub 2015 Oct 30.

Genetic architecture of key social trait differs significantly between primitive and advanced eusocial species

Jürgen Gadau  1
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Genetic architecture of key social trait differs significantly between primitive and advanced eusocial species

Jürgen Gadau. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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  • Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies.
    Patalano S, Vlasova A, Wyatt C, Ewels P, Camara F, Ferreira PG, Asher CL, Jurkowski TP, Segonds-Pichon A, Bachman M, González-Navarrete I, Minoche AE, Krueger F, Lowy E, Marcet-Houben M, Rodriguez-Ales JL, Nascimento FS, Balasubramanian S, Gabaldon T, Tarver JE, Andrews S, Himmelbauer H, Hughes WO, Guigó R, Reik W, Sumner S. Patalano S, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Nov 10;112(45):13970-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1515937112. Epub 2015 Oct 19. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26483466 Free PMC article.

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