Pervasive relaxed selection in termite genomes

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Ewart, Kyle M., Ho, Simon Y. W., Chowdhury, Al-Aabid, Jaya, Frederick R., Kinjo, Yukihiro, Bennett, Juno, Bourguignon, Thomas, Rose, Harley A., Lo, Nathan
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 03.11.2023
• Edition: 1.1
• Subjects: Evolutionary Biology; Blattodea; effective population size; relaxed selection; eusociality; indirect selection; phylogenomics

The genetic changes that enabled the evolution of eusociality have long captivated biologists. In recent years, attention has focussed on the consequences of eusociality on genome evolution. Studies have reported higher molecular evolutionary rates in eusocial hymenopteran insects compared with thei...