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CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE
Volume 34, Issue -, Pages 27-32Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.003
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- National Science Foundation [IOS-1755130, DEB-1754476]
- USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture [1014940]
- National Institutes of Health [F32GM120933]
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The study of the major transition to eusociality presents several challenges to researchers, largely resulting from the importance of complex behavioral phenotypes and the shift from individual to group level selection. These challenges are being met with corresponding technological improvements. Advances in resource development for non-model taxa, behavioral tracking, nucleic acid sequencing, and reverse genetics are facilitating studies of hypotheses that were previously intractable. These innovations are resulting in the development of new model systems tailored to the exploration of specific behavioral phenotypes and the querying of underlying molecular mechanisms that drive eusocial behaviors. Here, we present a brief overview of how methodological innovations are advancing our understanding of the evolution of eusociality.
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