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Bipartite network analysis of ant-task associations reveals task groups and absence of colonial daily activity [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Social insects are one of the best examples of complex self-organized systems exhibiting task allocation. How task allocation is achieved is the most fascinating question in behavioural ecology and complex systems science.
Haruna Fujioka +2 more
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A social insect perspective on the evolution of social learning mechanisms. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017 Leadbeater E, Dawson EH.
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 To maintain the eusociality of a colony, ants recognize subtle differences in colony-specific sets of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs). The CHCs are received by female-specific antennal basiconic sensilla and processed in specific brain regions. However, it
Hidehiro Watanabe +8 more
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Resilience in social insect infrastructure systems. [PDF]
J R Soc Interface, 2016 Middleton EJ, Latty T.
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Detecting rare asymmetrically methylated cytosines and decoding methylation patterns in the honeybee genome [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Context-dependent gene expression in eukaryotes is controlled by several mechanisms including cytosine methylation that primarily occurs in the CG dinucleotides (CpGs).
Laura Welsh +2 more
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Insights into DNA hydroxymethylation in the honeybee from in-depth analyses of TET dioxygenase [PDF]
Open Biology, 2014 In mammals, a family of TET enzymes producing oxidized forms of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) plays an important role in modulating DNA demethylation dynamics. In contrast, nothing is known about the function of a single TET orthologue present in invertebrates.
Marek Wojciechowski +6 more
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Insects, 2020 Natural selection should favor the transfer of immune competence from one generation to the next in a context-dependent manner. Transgenerational immune priming (TGIP) is expected to evolve when species exploit pathogen-rich environments and exhibit ...
Erin L. Cole +4 more
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Nest wax triggers worker reproduction in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Social insects are well known for their high level of cooperation. Workers of the primitively eusocial bumblebee Bombus terrestris are able to produce male offspring in the presence of a queen.
Ann-Marie Rottler-Hoermann +2 more
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A Potential Role for Phenotypic Plasticity in Invasions and Declines of Social Insects
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Eusociality, a form of animal social organization involving sterile and reproductive castes, is a rare, but highly ecologically successful form of life.
Fabio Manfredini +3 more
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Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Infections with potentially lethal pathogens may negatively affect an individual's lifespan and decrease its reproductive value. The terminal investment hypothesis predicts that individuals faced with a reduced survival should invest more into ...
Julia Giehr +4 more
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