Behavioral genetics : a gene for supersociality
Keller, Laurent ; Parker, Joel D.
2002
12
5
121-131
behavioural sciences ; genetic screening ; social structure
Medicine - Toxicology - Health
English
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"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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