Results Basiconic Sensilla Are Absent from Male Antennae and Restricted to the Ventral
Surface of Worker Antennae in the Clonal Raider Ant. To investigate the basic sensory …

A major aim of sociogenomic research is to uncover common principles in the molecular
evolution of sociality. This endeavor has been hampered by the small number of specific …

Ants are a highly successful family of insects that thrive in a variety of habitats across the
world. Perhaps their best-known features are complex social organization and strict division …

Background The complex societies of ants and other social insects rely on sophisticated
chemical communication. Two families of small soluble proteins, the odorant binding and …

Nestmate recognition in ants is regulated through the detection of cuticular hydrocarbons by
odorant receptors (ORs) in the antennae. These ORs are crucial for maintaining colony …

Ants and other eusocial insects emit and receive chemical signals to communicate important
information within the colony. In ants, nestmate recognition, task allocation, and reproductive …

Chemical communication is the most ancient way of information transfer among organisms,
and chemical senses, although universal, are particularly developed in social species. Many …

Ants and other eusocial insects emit and receive chemical signals to communicate important
information within the colony. In ants, nestmate recognition, task allocation, and reproductive …

Little is known about the expression pattern of odorant and pheromone transporters,
receptors, and deactivation enzymes in the antennae of ants carrying out different tasks. In …

For decades, ants have served as major study species for ethologists, theorists, geneticists,
and chemical ecologists, who have been drawn to understand how their unique features …