ArticleCurrent biology : CB2023
Social antagonism facilitates supergene expansion in ants.
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- Genome Evolution in Social Insects.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Review
- Multiple Origins of a Sex Ratio Supergene in Formica Ants.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Sequential origin of an alternative colony founding strategy driven by two supergenes in Temnothorax ants.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Sexes Are Polymorphisms: Describing and Understanding Sexual Diversity as Phenotypic Variation.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Review
- The loss of a supergene in obligately polygynous Formica wood ant species.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- A Novel Supergene Controls Queen Size and Colony Social Organization in the Ant Myrmica ruginodis.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Sexual Antagonism and Sex Determination in Three Syngnathid Species Alongside a Male Pregnancy Gradient.Genome biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Unexpected absence of a multiple-queen supergene haplotype from supercolonial populations of Formica ants.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2025Article
- Broad host use and frequent polyandry in the facultative dulotic speciesAnnals of the Entomological Society of America · 2024Article
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Abstract
Antagonistic selection has long been considered a major driver of the formation and expansion of sex chromosomes. For example, sexually antagonistic variation on an autosome can select for suppressed recombination between that autosome and the sex chromosome, leading to a neo-sex chromosome. Autosomal supergenes, chromosomal regions containing tightly linked variants affecting the same complex trait, share similarities with sex chromosomes, raising the possibility that sex chromosome evolution models can explain the evolution of genome structure and recombination in other contexts. We tested this premise in a Formica ant species, wherein we identified four supergene haplotypes on chromosome 3 underlying colony social organization and sex ratio. We discovered a novel rearranged supergene variant (9r) on chromosome 9 underlying queen miniaturization. The 9r is in strong linkage disequilibrium with one chromosome 3 haplotype (P
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