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ReviewGenome biology and evolution2026

Genome Evolution in Social Insects.

Megan Barkdull, Corrie S Moreau

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Review in Genome biology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Megan BarkdullEntomology Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9334-5726
Corrie S MoreauDepartment of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1139-5792

Funding

CSM NSF DBI 2210800CSM NSF DEB 1900357National Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sociality is a complex phenotype which has evolved multiple times across the tree of life, particularly in the insects. Insect sociality likely arises via the evolution of the genome, with changes in specific genes, gene families, and gene regulatory mechanisms linked to social traits. In turn, sociality itself can influence patterns of genome evolution through the effects of smaller effective population sizes, longer generation times, and reproductive division of labor. Moreover, particular social insect lineages have some noteworthy genome features which may influence both trait and genome evolution, including elevated recombination rates, haplodiploidy, and supergenes. This review explores the genomic causes and consequences of social traits in insects, emphasizing the importance of using evolutionary perspectives to study these processes across diverse social lineages.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularGenome, InsectInsectaAnimalsSocial Behavioreusocialitygene regulationhaplodiploidysocial insectssupergenes

Identifiers

PMID42830538
PMCPMC13635268

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