No mate preference associated with the supergene controlling social organization in Alpine silver ants.

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serval:BIB_7A382B94B91D
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Titre
No mate preference associated with the supergene controlling social organization in Alpine silver ants.
Périodique
Journal of evolutionary biology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Avril A., Zahnd S., Djordjevic J., Chapuisat M.
ISSN
1420-9101 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1010-061X
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
07/2019
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
32
Numéro
7
Pages
742-748
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Disassortative mating is a powerful mechanism stabilizing polymorphisms at sex chromosomes and other supergenes. The Alpine silver ant, Formica selysi, has two forms of social organization-single-queen and multiple-queen colonies-determined by alternate haplotypes at a large supergene. Here, we explore whether mate preference contributes to the maintenance of the genetic polymorphism at the social supergene. With mate choice experiments, we found that females and males mated randomly with respect to social form. Moreover, queens were able to produce offspring irrespective of whether they had mated with a male from the same or the alternative social form. Yet, females originating from single-queen colonies were more fertile, suggesting that they may be more successful at independent colony founding. We conclude that the pattern of asymmetric assortative mating documented from mature F. selysi colonies in the field is not caused by mate preferences or major genetic incompatibilities between social forms. More generally, we found no evidence that disassortative mate preference contributes to the maintenance of polymorphism at this supergene controlling ant social organization.
Mots-clé
Animals, Ants/genetics, Ants/physiology, Biological Evolution, Female, Haplotypes, Male, Polymorphism, Genetic, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Social Behavior, Formica selysi, ants, disassortative mating, genetic incompatibilities, mate preference, social polymorphism, supergene
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Web of science
Open Access
Oui
Création de la notice
03/05/2019 16:07
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21/11/2022 8:22
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