| Literature DB >> 11882309 |
Laurent Keller1, Joel D Parker.
Abstract
In the fire ant, the number of queens per colony is determined by the workers' Gp-9 genotype. This gene has been found to encode an odorant binding protein, which probably influences workers' abilities to recognize queens and regulate their numbers. Remarkably, the same gene seems to control social organization in three other closely related species.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 11882309 DOI： 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00737-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN： 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834