Interindividual variability in social insects–proximate causes and ultimate consequences

R Jeanson, A Weidenmüller - Biological Reviews, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Individuals within social groups often show consistent differences in behaviour across time
and context. Such interindividual differences and the evolutionary challenge they present …

Social interactions in “simple” model systems

MB Sokolowski - Neuron, 2010‏ - cell.com
Deciphering the genetic and neurobiological underpinnings of social behavior is a difficult
task. Simple model organisms such as C. elegans, Drosophila, and social insects display a …

Epigenetic (re)programming of caste-specific behavior in the ant Camponotus floridanus

DF Simola, RJ Graham, CM Brady, BL Enzmann… - Science, 2016‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION Eusocial insects, such as ants, live a communal lifestyle within colonies of
close genetic relatives. Colony members are organized into castes defined by behavioral …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of the clonal raider ant Cerapachys biroi

PR Oxley, L Ji, I Fetter-Pruneda, SK McKenzie, C Li… - Current Biology, 2014‏ - cell.com
Social insects are important models for social evolution and behavior. However, in many
species, experimental control over important factors that regulate division of labor, such as …

The physiology of movement

S Goossens, N Wybouw, T Van Leeuwen, D Bonte - Movement Ecology, 2020‏ - Springer
Movement, from foraging to migration, is known to be under the influence of the
environment. The translation of environmental cues to individual movement decision making …

Individualized social niches in animals: Theoretical clarifications and processes of niche change

MI Kaiser, J Gadau, S Kaiser, C Müller, SH Richter - BioScience, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
What are social niches, and how do they arise and change? Our first goal in the present
article is to clarify the concept of an individualized social niche and to distinguish it from …

A chromatin link to caste identity in the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

DF Simola, C Ye, NS Mutti, K Dolezal… - Genome …, 2013‏ - genome.cshlp.org
In many ant species, sibling larvae follow alternative ontogenetic trajectories that generate
striking variation in morphology and behavior among adults. These organism-level …

Worker reproduction and caste polymorphism impact genome evolution and social genes across the ants

M Barkdull, CS Moreau - Genome Biology and Evolution, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Eusocial insects are characterized by several traits, including reproductive division of labor
and caste polymorphisms, which likely modulate genome evolution. Concomitantly …

Determination of onset of sexual maturation and mating behavior by melanocortin receptor 4 polymorphisms

KP Lampert, C Schmidt, P Fischer, JN Volff… - Current Biology, 2010‏ - cell.com
Polymorphisms in reproductive strategies are among the most extreme and complex in
nature. A prominent example is male body size and the correlated reproductive strategies in …

Vitellogenin Underwent Subfunctionalization to Acquire Caste and Behavioral Specific Expression in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

M Corona, R Libbrecht, Y Wurm, O Riba-Grognuz… - PLoS …, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
The reproductive ground plan hypothesis (RGPH) proposes that the physiological pathways
regulating reproduction were co-opted to regulate worker division of labor. Support for this …