title: Evolution: sympatric speciation the eusocial way.
abstract: Sympatric speciation normally requires particular conditions of ecological niche differentiation. However, ant social parasites have been suspected to arise sympatrically, because (dis)loyalty to eusocial kin-structures induces disruptive selection for dispersal and inbreeding. A new study documents this process in unprecedented detail.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: JJBoomsma@bio.ku.dk.
authors.forename: Jacobus J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Boomsma
authors.affiliation: Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000469:parasitology*; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D060047:Reproductive Isolation
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins