Hox-logic of body plan innovations for social symbiosis in rove beetles
Joseph Parker, K. Taro Eldredge, Isaiah M. Thomas, Rory Coleman, Steven R. Davis
This study shows how Hox gene functions in rove beetles evolved to create a chemically defended body plan enabling symbiotic lifestyles with ants and termites.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology