title: Convergent evolution: the genetics of queen number in ants.
abstract: Large, non-recombining genomic regions underlie the polymorphism in colony queen number in two distantly related ant species. This illustrates that convergence in complex phenotypes can arise via convergence in general genomic architecture, rather than convergent changes in specific genes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Insect Social Evolution, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: romain.libbrecht@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Libbrecht
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Insect Social Evolution, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel J C
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kronauer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000235:genetics*; D017344:Genes, Insect; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D012919:Social Behavior