Molecular Variation at a Candidate Gene Implicated in the Regulation of Fire Ant Social Behavior

Dietrich Gotzek; D. DeWayne Shoemaker; Kenneth G. Ross

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001088

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Molecular Variation at a Candidate Gene Implicated in the Regulation of Fire Ant Social Behavior

Dietrich Gotzek,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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D. DeWayne Shoemaker,

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Kenneth G. Ross

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kenross@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Molecular Variation at a Candidate Gene Implicated in the Regulation of Fire Ant Social Behavior

Dietrich Gotzek,
D. DeWayne Shoemaker,
Kenneth G. Ross

Published: November 7, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001088

About the Authors

Dietrich Gotzek

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

D. DeWayne Shoemaker

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Kenneth G. Ross

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kenross@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KR DG. Performed the experiments: DG DS. Analyzed the data: KR DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR DG DS. Wrote the paper: KR DG DS.

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