Ayako Gotoh

Transcriptome profiling of the spermatheca identifies genes potentially involved in the long-term sperm storage of ant queens

Ayako Gotoh, Shuji Shigenobu, Katsushi Yamaguchi et al. · Scientific Reports · 2017 · 48 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +13

Comparison of spermatheca morphology between reproductive and non-reproductive females in social wasps

Ayako Gotoh, Johan Billen, Rosli Hashim et al. · Arthropod Structure & Development · 2007 · 47 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +9

Degeneration patterns of the worker spermatheca during morphogenesis in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ayako Gotoh, Johan Billen, Rosli Hashim et al. · Evolution & Development · 2016 · 33 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +6

Apoptotic wing degeneration and formation of an altruism-regulating glandular appendage (gemma) in the ponerine ant Diacamma sp. from Japan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae)

Ayako Gotoh, Shinya Sameshima, Kazuki Tsuji et al. · Development Genes and Evolution · 2005 · 28 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Zoology +14

Thelytokous parthenogenesis by queens in the dacetine ant Pyramica membranifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Fuminori Ito, Yoshifumi Touyama, Ayako Gotoh et al. · Die Naturwissenschaften · 2010 · 26 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +8