Transcriptomic basis and evolution of the ant nurse-larval social interactome.

Development is often strongly regulated by interactions among close relatives, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. In eusocial insects, interactions between caregiving worker nurses and larvae regulate larval development and resultant adult phenotypes. Here, we begin to char...

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Main Authors: Michael R Warner, Alexander S Mikheyev, Timothy A Linksvayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008156