New explanation for the longevity of social insect reproductives: Transposable element activity

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 May 22;115(21):5317-5318. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1806014115. Epub 2018 May 7.

Authors

Eric R Lucas¹, Laurent Keller²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom; eric.lucas@lstmed.ac.uk Laurent.Keller@unil.ch.
² Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland eric.lucas@lstmed.ac.uk Laurent.Keller@unil.ch.

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MeSH terms

Animals
DNA Transposable Elements*
Genes, Insect
Insecta
Longevity*
Reproduction

Substances

DNA Transposable Elements