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Vitellogenin-like A–associated shifts in social cue responsiveness regulate behavioral task specialization in an ant
2018
PLoS Biology
Division of labor and task specialization explain the success of human and insect societies. Social insect colonies are characterized by division of labor, with workers specializing in brood care early and foraging later in life. Theory posits that this task switching requires shifts in responsiveness to task-related cues, yet experimental evidence is weak. Here, we show that a Vitellogenin (Vg) ortholog identified in an RNAseq study on the ant T. longispinosus is involved in this process:
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2005747
pmid:29874231
pmcid:PMC5991380
fatcat:4y3zvwwpyzbnddwxwbub57rtyi