Comparative transcriptomics of social insect queen pheromones

Luke Holman; Heikki Helanterä; Kalevi Trontti; Alexander S. Mikheyev

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09567-2

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Comparative transcriptomics of social insect queen pheromones

Luke Holman,
Heikki Helanterä,
Kalevi Trontti,
Alexander S. Mikheyev

Affiliations

Luke Holman: School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
Heikki Helanterä: Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu
Kalevi Trontti: Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki
Alexander S. Mikheyev: Research School of Biology, Australian National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09567-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Queen pheromones are used by eusocial insects to regulate all aspects of colony life. Here, Holman et al. compare the effects of queen pheromone on gene expression and splicing in four eusocial insect species, giving insight into the mechanism and evolution of division of reproductive labour.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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