Genomic Comparison of the Ants <i>Camponotus floridanus</i> and <i>Harpegnathos saltator</i>

Roberto Bonasio, Guojie Zhang, Chaoyang Ye, +13

Science

Comparative GenomicsGeneticsEntomologyDna MethylationEpigenetic Change +17

Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome

Nicolas Terrapon, Cai Li, Hugh M. Robertson, +40

Nature Communications

Genome-wide and Caste-Specific DNA Methylomes of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator

Roberto Bonasio, Qiye Li, Jinmin Lian, +16

Current Biology

BiologyAnts Camponotus FloridanusMolecular EcologyGenome StudyComparative Genomics +12

Surface hydrocarbons of queen eggs regulate worker reproduction in a social insect

Annett Endler, Jürgen Liebig, Thomas Schmitt, +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiologyInsect Social BehaviorPheromone BiochemistryQueen CuticleFitness +13

Are variations in cuticular hydrocarbons of queens and workers a reliable signal of fertility in the ant<i>Harpegnathos saltator</i>?

Jürgen Liebig, Christian Peeters, Neil J. Oldham, +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

Daniel F. Simola, Lothar Wissler, Greg Donahue, +35

Genome Research

Dramatic EvolutionGeneticsSocial InsectMolecular GeneticsGenomics +18

Epigenetic (re)programming of caste-specific behavior in the ant <i>Camponotus floridanus</i>

Daniel F. Simola, Riley J. Graham, Cristina M. Brady, +8

Science

Epigenetic ChangeGeneticsEntomologySocial InsectCaste-specific Behavior +15

An Engineered orco Mutation Produces Aberrant Social Behavior and Defective Neural Development in Ants

Hua Yan, Comzit Opachaloemphan, Giacomo Mancini, +22

Cell

Insect Social BehaviorEngineered Orco MutationDevelopmental BiologyBehavioral NeuroscienceMedicine +11

Phylogenetic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Chemosensory Receptors in a Pair of Divergent Ant Species Reveals Sex-Specific Signatures of Odor Coding

Xiaofan Zhou, Jesse Slone, Antonis Rokas, +5

PLoS Genetics

EngineeringGeneticsEntomologyCamponotus FloridanusSocial Insect +15

Cuticular hydrocarbons mediate discrimination of reproductives and nonreproductives in the ant <i>Myrmecia gulosa</i>

Vincent Dietemann, Christian Peeters, Jürgen Liebig, +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiologyInsect Social BehaviorPheromone BiochemistryDevelopmental BiologyColony Identity +12