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Hybridization enables the fixation of selfish queen genotypes in eusocial colonies
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2021
bioRxiv
pre-print
The success of a eusocial colony depends on two main castes: queens that reproduce and sterile workers that help them. This division of labour is vulnerable to selfish genetic elements that enforce the development of their carriers into queens. Several factors, e.g. intra-colonial relatedness, can influence the spread of such selfish elements. Here we investigate a common yet understudied ecological setting: where hybrid larvae can develop into workers. Using mathematical modelling, we show
doi:10.1101/2021.01.12.426359
fatcat:5awug3jk5zce7km5umsw45d7ay