ArticleBiology letters2013
Kin selection, genomics and caste-antagonistic pleiotropy.
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- Same Genes, Different Wings: Wing Shape Divergence Among Castes in a Social Wasp.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- The Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Cooperation.The American naturalist · 2026Review
- Kin selection for cooperation in natural bacterial populations.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Antagonistic pleiotropy and the evolution of extraordinary lifespans in eusocial organisms.Evolution letters · 2021Article
- Ten recent insights for our understanding of cooperation.Nature ecology & evolution · 2021Review
- Do traits separated by metamorphosis evolve independently? Concepts and methods.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Review
- Building a new research framework for social evolution: intralocus caste antagonism.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2018Review
- Accelerated Evolution of Developmentally Biased Genes in the Tetraphenic Ant Cardiocondyla obscurior.Molecular biology and evolution · 2017Article
- How Do Genomes Create Novel Phenotypes? Insights from the Loss of the Worker Caste in Ant Social Parasites.Molecular biology and evolution · 2015Article
- Neutral and adaptive explanations for an association between caste-biased gene expression and rate of sequence evolution.Frontiers in genetics · 2014Article
- 50 Years on: the legacy of William Donald Hamilton.Biology letters · 2013Article
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Abstract
Kin selection is a fundamentally important process that affects the evolution of social behaviours. The genomics revolution now provides the opportunity to test kin selection theory using genomic data. In this commentary, we discuss previous studies that explored the link between kin selection and patterns of variation within the genome. We then present a new theory aimed at understanding the evolution of genes involved in the development of social insects. Specifically, we investigate caste-antagonistic pleiotropy, which occurs when the phenotypes of distinct castes are optimized by different genotypes at a single locus. We find that caste-antagonistic pleiotropy leads to narrow regions where polymorphism can be maintained. Furthermore, multiple mating by queens reduces the region in which worker-favoured alleles fix, which suggests that multiple mating impedes worker caste evolution. We conclude by discussing ways to test these and other facets of kin selection using newly emerging genomic data.
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