Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species

Autor: Lukas Schrader, Hailin Pan, Martin Bollazzi, Morten Schiøtt, Fredrick J. Larabee, Xupeng Bi, Yuan Deng, Guojie Zhang, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Christian Rabeling

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)

Many obligate symbionts, including parasites, have reduced genomes. A comparison of leaf-cutter ant genomes reveals parallel gene losses, particularly in olfactory receptors, in socially parasitic species compared to their closely-related hosts, cons

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Snap-jaw morphology is specialized for high-speed power amplification in the Dracula ant, Mystrium camillae

Autor: Fredrick J. Larabee, Adrian A. Smith, Andrew V. Suarez

Publikováno v: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 5, Iss 12 (2018)

What is the limit of animal speed and what mechanisms produce the fastest movements? More than natural history trivia, the answer provides key insight into the form–function relationship of musculoskeletal movement and can determine the outcome of

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Muscle fatigue in the latch-mediated spring actuated mandibles of trap-jaw ants

Autor: Fredrick J Larabee, Josh C Gibson, Michael D Rivera, Philip S L Anderson, Andrew V Suarez

Publikováno v: Integrative and comparative biology.

Muscle fatigue can reduce performance potentially affecting an organism's fitness. However, some aspects of fatigue could be overcome by employing a latch-mediated spring actuated (LaMSA) system where muscle activity is decoupled from movement. We es

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Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species

Autor: Martin Bollazzi, X. J. Bi, Guojie Zhang, Christian Rabeling, Morten Schiøtt, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Lukas Schrader, Yuan Deng, Hailin Pan, Fredrick J. Larabee

Publikováno v: Nature Communications
Schrader, L, Pan, H, Bollazzi, M, Schiøtt, M, Larabee, F J, Bi, X, Deng, Y, Zhang, G, Boomsma, J J & Rabeling, C 2021, ' Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species ', Nature Communications, vol. 12, 2918 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23178-w
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)

Inquiline ants are highly specialized and obligate social parasites that infiltrate and exploit colonies of closely related species. They have evolved many times convergently, are often evolutionarily young lineages, and are almost invariably rare. F

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Publisher Correction: Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species

Autor: Fredrick J. Larabee, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Christian Rabeling, Morten Schiøtt, Guojie Zhang, X. J. Bi, Martin Bollazzi, Yuan Deng, Lukas Schrader, Hailin Pan

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2021)

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