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Convergent selection and evolutionary trade-offs shape social transitions in sweat bees

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Using genome assemblies and comparative analyses, we identified evolutionary signatures of selection associated with repeated gains and losses of social behaviour in sweat bees. These signatures include changes in regulatory regions and young genes, as well as complementary patterns of positive and relaxed selection on proteins involved in juvenile hormone signalling.

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Fig. 1: Convergent and complementary signatures of selection associated with the evolution of eusociality.

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This is a summary of: Jones, B. M. et al. Convergent and complementary selection shaped gains and losses of eusociality in sweat bees. Nat. Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02001-3 (2023).

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Convergent selection and evolutionary trade-offs shape social transitions in sweat bees. Nat Ecol Evol 7, 499–500 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02006-y

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