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182   $cc$2rdamedia
183   $acr$2rdacarrier
200 00$aAdvances in Genomics and Epigenomics of Social Insects
210   $cFrontiers Media SA$d2017
215   $a1 online resource (155 p.)
225 1 $aFrontiers Research Topics
311 08$a2-88945-080-5 
330   $aSocial insects are among the most successful and ecologically important animals on earth. The lifestyle of these insects has fascinated humans since prehistoric times. These species evolved a caste of workers that in most cases have no progeny. Some social insects have worker sub-castes that are morphologically specialized for discrete tasks. The organization of the social insect colony has been compared to the metazoan body. Males in the order Hymenoptera (bees, ants and wasps) are haploid, a situation which results in higher relatedness between female siblings. Sociality evolved many times within the Hymenoptera, perhaps spurred in part by increased relatedness that increases inclusive fitness benefits to workers cooperating to raise their sisters and brothers rather than reproducing themselves. But epigenetic processes may also have contributed to the evolution of sociality. The Hymenoptera provide opportunities for comparative study of species ranging from solitary to highly social. A more ancient clade of social insects, the termites (infraorder Isoptera) provide an opportunity to study alternative mechanisms of caste determination and lifestyles that are aided by an array of endosymbionts. This research topic explores the use of genome sequence data and genomic techniques to help us explore how sociality evolved in insects, how epigenetic processes enable phenotypic plasticity, and the mechanisms behind whether a female will become a queen or a worker.
606   $aGenetics (non-medical)$2bicssc
610   $aEusocial
610   $agene networks
610   $aHymenoptera
610   $aIsoptera
610   $aparental effects
610   $aphenotypic plasticity
610   $aPolyethism
610   $areproductive caste
610   $asex determination
610   $asterile caste
615  7$aGenetics (non-medical)
700   $aGreg J. Hunt$4auth$01287782
702   $aJuergen R. Gadau$4auth
906   $aBOOK
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996   $aAdvances in Genomics and Epigenomics of Social Insects$93020384
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