ArticleBMC genetics2011
A high recombination rate in eusocial Hymenoptera: evidence from the common wasp Vespula vulgaris.
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- Recombination mapping of the Brazilian stingless bee Frieseomelitta varia confirms high recombination rates in social hymenoptera.BMC genomics · 2021Article
- Eusociality in snapping shrimps is associated with larger genomes and an accumulation of transposable elements.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Local Variation in Recombination Rates of the Honey Bee (Insectes sociaux · 2020Article
- A New Metazoan Recombination Rate Record and Consistently High Recombination Rates in the Honey Bee Genus Apis Accompanied by Frequent Inversions but Not Translocations.Genome biology and evolution · 2016Article
- The Genome and Methylome of a Subsocial Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina calcarata.Genome biology and evolution · 2016Article
- Genomic correlates of recombination rate and its variability across eight recombination maps in the western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.).BMC genomics · 2015Article
- Causes and consequences of crossing-over evidenced via a high-resolution recombinational landscape of the honey bee.Genome biology · 2015Article
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- Recombination, chromosome number and eusociality in the Hymenoptera.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2015Article
- The ant genomes have been invaded by several types of mariner transposable elements.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2012Article
- Recombination is associated with the evolution of genome structure and worker behavior in honey bees.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012Article
- Multiple mating but not recombination causes quantitative increase in offspring genetic diversity for varying genetic architectures.PloS one · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh recombination rates have previously been detected in two groups of eusocial insects; honeybees and ants. In this study we estimate recombination rate in a eusocial wasp Vespula vulgaris that represents a third phylogenetic lineage within eusocial hymenopterans.
resultsA genetic linkage map of V. vulgaris based on 210 markers shows that the total map length is 2129 cM and the recombination rate is 9.7 cM/Mb (or 103 kb/cM). The present estimate in V. vulgaris is somewhat smaller than in the honeybee Apis mellifera and intermediate between the estimates from two ant species (Acromyrmex echinatior, Pogonomyrmex rugosus). Altogether, the estimates from these eusocial species are higher than in any other insect reported so far.
conclusions[corrected] The four species (V. vulgaris, A. mellifera, A. echinatior, P. rugosus) are characterized by advanced eusociality with large colonies, clear queen-worker dimorphism and well developed task specialization. They also have colonies with a single, normally multiply inseminated (polyandrous) queen. Benefits of genotypic diversity within colonies (e.g. through improved task specialization or pathogen and parasite resistance) may have selected for both polyandry and high recombination rate in such advanced eusocial insects.
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