Genetic mapping in the red mason bee implicates ANTSR as an ancient sex-determining locus in bees and ants
Tilman Rönneburg, Demetris Taliadoros, Anna Olsson, Sara Magnusson, Linn Huser, Muhammad Nafiz Ikhwan Bin Nor Fuad, Turid Everitt, Giselle C. Martín‐Hernández, Panagiotis Theodorou, Björn Cederberg, Robert J. Paxton, Karsten Seidelmann, Matthew T. Webster
The paper maps a CSD locus in the red mason bee, identifies ANTSR as the sex-determining gene, and suggests it is an ancient locus in Hymenoptera.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology