Consistent signatures of urban adaptation in a native, urban invader ant Tapinoma sessile
A. J. Blumenfeld, P. A. Eyer, A. M. Helms, G. Buczkowski, E. L. Vargo
This study compares the population genetics and breeding structure of the ant Tapinoma sessile in urban and natural environments, finding urban colonies exhibit extreme polygyny and polydomy while natural populations show genetic differentiation.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2021Evolutionary Biology