Adaptive evolution of a key gene affecting queen and worker traits in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

The vitellogenin egg yolk precursor protein represents a well‐studied case of social pleiotropy in the model organism Apis mellifera. Vitellogenin is associated with fecundity in queens and plays a major role in controlling division of labour in workers, thereby affecting both individual and colony‐...

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