The gene expression network regulating queen brain remodeling after insemination and its parallel use in ants with reproductive workers
Manuel Nagel, Bitao Qiu, Lisa Eigil Brandenborg, Rasmus Stenbak Larsen, Dongdong Ning, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Guojie Zhang
Abstract
in the anterior neurosecretory cells were overexpressed in individuals with reduced or nonreproductive roles across all four ant species investigated.
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Queen (butterfly)Gene expressionGeneInseminationBiologyExpression (computer science)NeuroscienceCell biologyGeneticsPregnancyComputer scienceZoologyHymenopteraProgramming languageInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchAnimal Behavior and Reproduction