Conserved genes underlie phenotypic plasticity in an incipiently social bee
dc.contributor.author | Rehan, S. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Glastad, K. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Toth, Amy | |
dc.contributor.author | Steffen, M. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fay, C. R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hunt, B. G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Toth, A. L. | |
dc.contributor.department | Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology | |
dc.date | 2018-10-08T19:30:56.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-30T02:17:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-30T02:17:54Z | |
dc.date.copyright | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2018 | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-09-22 | |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Despite a strong history of theoretical work on the mechanisms of social evolution, relatively little is known of the molecular genetic changes that accompany transitions from solitary to eusocial forms. Here we provide the first genome of an incipiently social bee that shows both solitary and social colony organization in sympatry, the Australian carpenter bee <em>Ceratina australen</em>sis. Through comparative analysis, we provide support for the role of conserved genes and cis-regulation of gene expression in the phenotypic plasticity observed in nest-sharing, a rudimentary form of sociality. Additionally, we find that these conserved genes are associated with caste differences in advanced eusocial species, suggesting these types of mechanisms could pave the molecular pathway from solitary to eusocial living. Genes associated with social nesting in this species show signatures of being deeply conserved, in contrast to previous studies in other bees showing novel and faster-evolving genes are associated with derived sociality. Our data provide support for the idea that the earliest social transitions are driven by changes in gene regulation of deeply conserved genes.</p> | |
dc.description.comments | <p>This is a a manuscript of an article published as Rehan, S. M., K. M. Glastad, M. A. Steffen, C. R. Fay, B. G. Hunt, and A. L. Toth. "Conserved genes underlie phenotypic plasticity in an incipiently social bee." <em>Genome Biology and Evolution</em> (2018). doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy212">10.1093/gbe/evy212</a>.</p> | |
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dc.identifier.articleid | 1304 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 12949869 | |
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dc.identifier.submissionpath | eeob_ag_pubs/298 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/23176 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.source.bitstream | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/eeob_ag_pubs/298/2018_Toth_ConservedGenes.pdf|||Fri Jan 14 23:15:48 UTC 2022 | |
dc.source.uri | 10.1093/gbe/evy212 | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Genetics and Genomics | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Molecular Genetics | |
dc.subject.keywords | Social transitions | |
dc.subject.keywords | phenotypic plasticity | |
dc.subject.keywords | molecular evolution | |
dc.subject.keywords | comparative genomics | |
dc.subject.keywords | taxonomically restricted genes | |
dc.subject.keywords | small carpenter bee | |
dc.title | Conserved genes underlie phenotypic plasticity in an incipiently social bee | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.type.genre | article | |
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