They add that other genes in the region of the genome around Gp - 9 are probably involved in regulating fire ant social organization as well. (scientificamerican.com)
The race was on, with the two teams probing for candidate genes in that region to determine which bore the APECED mutations. (sciencemag.org)
Other genes in this region remain unchanged, indicating a clustered yet specific and patterned response. (journals.plos.org)