Molecular Biology & EvolutionFujiwara et al. performed WGS and RNAseq of the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis, finding that gene duplications contributed to eusociality, and that lineage-specific Doublesex-related expression underlies caste diversification pathways.
Amanda✨️Some more pollination
#bee #bumblebee #yellow #wasp #pollinators #pollination #beetles #nature #naturephotography #photography #amateurphotographer #bugs #eusociality #entomology #blackandyellow #green #photooftheday #potd
#bee #bumblebee #yellow #wasp #pollinators #pollination #beetles #nature #naturephotography #photography #amateurphotographer #bugs #eusociality #entomology #blackandyellow #green #photooftheday #potd
They must've had an important meeting on this leaf
#ants #meeting #leaf #insects #bugs #eusociality #entomology #photography #photo #amateurphotographer #nature #naturephotography #photooftheday #potd #macro #macrophotography
#ants #meeting #leaf #insects #bugs #eusociality #entomology #photography #photo #amateurphotographer #nature #naturephotography #photooftheday #potd #macro #macrophotography
Sarah Arnold"Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring." You'd think this would be obvious and yet...the natural world. [2/]
#Eusociality #SocialInsects #Entomology #Formicidae #Evolution #ThrowYourBiologicalSpeciesConceptOutOfTheWindowNow #NatureRejectsTheRulebook
Myrmecological News🆕(Re)view: In the new post, "How do ants forage for food? Insights from red ants and Western carpenter ants", Enikő Csata comments on the study by Reynard et al. and its importance in the fields of insect nutrition and behaviour.
@AsimRenyard @CsataEniko #nutrition #eusociality
How do ants forage for food? Insights from red ants and Western carpenter ants
Ants obtain many of their essential nutrients from food, including essential amino acids that they cannot produce and must acquire from their diet. However, how ants forage for food in order to meet their nutritional
Albert Cardona"Ontogeny of superorganisms: Social control of queen specialization in ants."
Majidifar et al. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14536
"Our study reveals that (i) the presence of workers drives queen specialization in egg production by inhibiting brood care in a dose-dependent manner, (ii) the mere presence of worker cues does not trigger the queen specialization, (iii) this specialization is reversible upon worker removal in at least two species of ants, even after several years of specialization, and (iv) founding queens may express ancestral behaviour and physiology."
Chinmay Hemant JoshiBut we are showing that haplodiploidy is not irrelevant for the evolution of eusociality as some of the past studies are claiming. Future studies should combine other factors under similar study framework to study importance of those factors for the evolution of eusociality.
Thanks for reading the thread! Do read the paper for more details!
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#evolution #insects #hymenoptera #eusociality
Ste CookMost of my outdoor ferns are starting to die back for winter, but indoors, this Staghorn Fern brings me joy.
Some recent work suggests that these ferns may be on the cusp of eusociality. They grow on tree with overlapping generations of adult plants in a colony. Some plants specialise in leaf-litter collection and reproduction, and some in water-storage. Not quite an ant or a mole rat, but getting there... https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3373 #ferns #FernFriday #Platycerium #StaghornFern #eusociality
Oldfriends.live Paul backupAnts – with their wise #farming practices and efficient navigation techniques – could #inspire solutions for some #human problems
#Eusociality #Entomology #Science #Ants #Insects #AculeataFormicidae #Aculeata #Formicidae #Hymenoptera
Ants – with their wise farming practices and efficient navigation techniques – could inspire solutions for...
King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source – ants.According to a Jewish legend, Solomon conversed with a clever ant queen that confronted his pride, making quite an impression on the Israelite king. In the biblical book of Proverbs (6:6-8), Solomon shares this advi...
Jai Denton#introduction
I'm the regulatory officer for the World Mosquito Program #WMP and moonlight as a researcher. Miss having a pipette in my hand.
Nerd out mostly over #regulatory-science, #Wolbachia, #mutualism, #biocontrol, #generegulation, #speciation & #eusociality.
Love working with #Drosophila & #yeast (also other #fungi), #bees, & #mosquitoes.
Explore with #R, #genomics, #syntheticbiology & #microbiology.
Geeking out includes fixing Japanese #arcade #candycabs.