QTL Mapping of Sex Determination Loci Supports an Ancient Pathway in Ants and Honey Bees

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Whether a developing embryo becomes male or female has significant downstream consequences. Depending on the species, sex can be determined by a wide variety of mechanisms. Sex determination systems can evolve rapidly, but how this occurs, and even how widespread the same mechanism is within a given taxonomic group, remains largely unknown. By experimentally mapping the sex determination architecture in the ant, Vollenhovia emeryi, we found that the well-characterized honey bee sex determination locus originated more than 100 million years ago. However, we also found an additional locus that has no homology to the first. Currently uncharacterized, this locus suggests that different species may use a variety of complementary sex determination mechanisms. Yet, core elements of the complementary sex determination machinery appear to be ancient.

Vyšlo v časopise: QTL Mapping of Sex Determination Loci Supports an Ancient Pathway in Ants and Honey Bees. PLoS Genet 11(11): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005656
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