Ant-icipating Change: An Epigenetic Switch in Reprogramming the Social Lives of Ants.

Authors :: Pray-Grant MG
Grant PA
Source :: Molecular cell [Mol Cell] 2020 Jan 16; Vol. 77 (2), pp. 205-206.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Glastad et al. (2019) describe a role for the neuronal CoREST corepressor and changes in juvenile hormone (JH) and ecdysone signaling during the reprogramming of social behavioral phenotypes in ants that are reflective of a natural mechanism differentiating "Major" and "Minor" worker ants.<br /> (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Animals
Ecdysone
Epigenesis, Genetic
Juvenile Hormones
Social Behavior
Ants

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