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Zi-Jun Xiong

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Open access Sep 2026

A Hymenoptera-restricted gene mediating ant castes co-opts deeply conserved machinery to control organ size

Lineage-specific genes are widespread and have been implicated as phenotypic innovation inducers 1, but how they acquire complex developmental functions remains poorly understood. Ant queens and workers develop dramatically different organ sizes from identical genomes under juvenile hormone (JH) control 2, yet the mole...

Ru-Yan Li, Sha Song, Xia-Fang Zhang et al. · 0 citations
Open access Sep 2026

Transposable elements as evolutionary catalysts of ant macrodiversity

Transposable elements (TEs) are key contributors to genome evolution, yet their macroevolutionary roles in adaptive radiations remain poorly understood, as high-quality genomic resources at sufficient phylogenetic breadth and appropriate comparative methods have been lacking. Here, we analyze 163 genomes spanning 12 of...

Lukas Schrader, Janina L. Rinke, M. Errbii et al. · 0 citations

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