Adaptive evolution of odorant receptors is associated with elaborations of social organization in ants
Yoann Pellen, Joel Vizueta, Erin Beck, Juergen Liebig, Lukas Schrader, Eyal Privman
The paper analyzes ant odorant receptor evolution across 163 genomes to link adaptive changes in ORs to sociobiological traits like colony size and worker polymorphism.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Apr 16, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology