Testing the kinship theory of intragenomic conflict in honey bees (Apis mellifera).

ABSTRACT: Sexual reproduction brings genes from two parents (matrigenes and patrigenes) together into one individual. These genes, despite being unrelated, should show nearly perfect cooperation because each gains equally through the production of offspring. However, an individual's matrigenes and patrigenes can have different probabilities of being present in other relatives, so kin selection could act on them differently. Such intragenomic conflict could be implemented by partial or complete silencing (imprinting) of an allele by one of the parents. Evidence supporting this theory is seen in offspring-mother interactions, with patrigenes favoring acquisition of more of the mother's resources if some of the costs fall on half-siblings who do not share the patrigene. The kinship theory of intragenom

SUBMITTER: Galbraith DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4743802 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature