Sociality is linked to rates of protein evolution in a highly social insect.

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Published in Mol Biol Evol on January 28, 2010

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Brendan G Hunt, Stefan Wyder, Navin Elango, John H Werren, Evgeny M Zdobnov, Soojin V Yi, Michael A D Goodisman

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