RT @FrontEcolEvol: New Research: No Evidence for Single-Copy Immune-Gene Specific Signals of Selection in Termites: Selection pressures fro…
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New Research: No Evidence for Single-Copy Immune-Gene Specific Signals of Selection in Termites: Selection pressures from pathogens appear to play an important role in shaping social evolution. Social behavior, in particular brood care, is… https://t.co/XM
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Selection on single copy immune genes in termites does not seem to depend on ecology. Instead there is a genome wide signal of relaxed selection that might result from their social organization. Collab with @KarenMeusemann and Judith Korb: https://t.co/t6