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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 10, 期 17, 页码 9371-9383出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6623
关键词
ants; caste; dimorphism; geometric morphometrics; modularity; morphological integration; Pheidole
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [17K15178, 17K15180]
- US National Science Foundation [DEB-1145989]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K15178] Funding Source: KAKEN
Phenotypic traits are often integrated into evolutionary modules: sets of organismal parts that evolve together. In social insect colonies, the concepts of integration and modularity apply to sets of traits both within and among functionally and phenotypically differentiated castes. On macroevolutionary timescales, patterns of integration and modularity within and across castes can be clues to the selective and ecological factors shaping their evolution and diversification. We develop a set of hypotheses describing contrasting patterns of worker integration and apply this framework in a broad (246 species) comparative analysis of major and minor worker evolution in the hyperdiverse ant genusPheidole. Using geometric morphometrics in a phylogenetic framework, we inferred fast and tightly integrated evolution of mesosoma shape between major and minor workers, but slower and more independent evolution of head shape between the two worker castes. Thus,Pheidoleworkers are evolving as a mixture of intracaste and intercaste integration and rate heterogeneity. The decoupling of homologous traits across worker castes may represent an important process facilitating the rise of social complexity.
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