Biochemistry, Genetics, Development and Reproduction

Information on ant biochemistry, genetics, development and reproduction.

Systematics

• Phylogenies (relationships among taxa)

Genetics

• Ant Genomes
• Karyotypes

Pheromones and Chemicals

• Cuticular Hydrocarbons
• Glandular Secretions - see Guarda & Lutinski, 2020.

Development

• Pupal cocoons

References

• Abouheif, E.; Wray, G. A. 2002. Evolution of the gene network underlying wing polyphenism in ants. Science (Washington, D.C.) 297:249-252. [2002-07-12]
• Guarda, C., Lutinski, J.A. 2020. Glandular secretions of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A review on extraction, chemical characterization and antibiotic potential. Sociobiology 67(1): 13-25 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v67i1.4277).
• Peeters, C. & J. Liebig 2009. Fertility signaling as a general mechanism of regulating reproductive division of labor in ants. pp. 220-242 In: Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Socio-Complexity (eds J. Gadau and J. Fewell). Harvard University Press, Cambridge.