ArticleNature communications2022
Recurring adaptive introgression of a supergene variant that determines social organization.
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- Dynamic molecular evolution of a supergene with suppressed recombination in white-throated sparrows.eLife · 2022Article
- Radiation and hybridization underpin the spread of the fire ant social supergene.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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Abstract
Introgression has been proposed as an essential source of adaptive genetic variation. However, a key barrier to adaptive introgression is that recombination can break down combinations of alleles that underpin many traits. This barrier might be overcome in supergene regions, where suppressed recombination leads to joint inheritance across many loci. Here, we study the evolution of a large supergene region that determines a major social and ecological trait in Solenopsis fire ants: whether colonies have one queen or multiple queens. Using coalescent-based phylogenies built from the genomes of 365 haploid fire ant males, we show that the supergene variant responsible for multiple-queen colonies evolved in one species and repeatedly spread to other species through introgressive hybridization. This finding highlights how supergene architecture can enable a complex adaptive phenotype to recurrently permeate species boundaries.
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