Simple inheritance, complex regulation: Supergene‐mediated fire ant queen polymorphism
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Queen Dispersal Strategies in the Multiple-Queen Form of the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta
Newly produced queens in the multiple-queen (polygyne) form of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta show dramatic variation in dispersal patterns, and this variation is influenced by genotypic variation at a single locus associated with the genetic marker Gp-9. Heavy, homozygous Gp-9 queens exhibit the highest vagility among polygyne queens and are strongly attracted to the open, disturbed-habitat p...
متن کاملQueen Dimorphism and Reproductive Strategies in the Fire Ant Solenopsis Geminata ( Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Queen Dimorphism and Reproductive Strategies in the Fire Ant Solenopsis Geminata (hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Alate trapping studies of a monogyne population of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata indicate that two sizes of gynes are produced. Macrogynes, which participate in late spring and summer mating flights, are larger, fattier, and more than twice as heavy as microgynes, which participate in fall mating flights. Three patterns of gyne production were observed in 51 colonies studied: 35 produced mac...
متن کاملSimple and Complex Patterns of Inheritance
Long before genetics was established as a scientific discipline, fundamental questions on the nature of heredity in both plants and animals have engaged the human mind. For example, why do offspring share more of the physical characteristics of their parents than they do with unrelated members of their species? Why do members within one species share more traits than they do with members of ano...
متن کاملMultiple glandular origins of queen pheromones in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta.
The poison sac of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta is the only identified glandular source of pheromones produced by a functional ant queen. This structure, which contains the poison gland, has previously been shown to be the source of a releaser pheromone that mediates queen recognition and tending by workers. The poison sac has also been demonstrated to be the source of a primer pheromone that...
متن کاملQueen Pheromone Production and Its Physiological Correlates in Fire Ant Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Treated with Fenoxycarb
Biological assays were used to evaluate the effect of the insect growth regulator fenoxycarb (ethyl (2-p-phenoxyphenoxy) ethyl carbamate) on production of queen-derived dealation inhibitory pheromone and the queen recognition pheromone of Solenopsis invicta Buren. Treated virgin and mated queens weighed less and were less capable of inhibiting dealation by female alates than were nontreated con...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Ecology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0962-1083,1365-294X
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15581