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  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Trail pheromone modulates subjective reward evaluation in Argentine ants
    Natacha Rossi, Muriel Pereyra, Mariel A. Moauro, Martin Giurfa, Patrizia d'Ettorre, Roxana Josens
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb230532 doi: 10.1242/jeb.230532 Published 11 September 2020

    Summary: Argentine ants associate a floral odor with food reward during foraging. Pre-exposure to trail pheromone enhances the ants’ subjective evaluation of reward, but does not modify appetitive learning and memory.

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    Shift in worker physiology and gene expression pattern from reproductive to diapause-like with colony age in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens
    Erin D. Treanore, Jacklyn M. Kiner, Mackenzie E. Kerner, Etya Amsalem
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb218768 doi: 10.1242/jeb.218768 Published 4 May 2020

    Summary: Bumblebee workers exhibit a physiological signature (innate to workers, queen or the colony) corresponding to colony age with a shift towards a diapause-like profile in late-eclosing workers.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Division of labor in honey bees is associated with transcriptional regulatory plasticity in the brain
    Adam R. Hamilton, Ian M. Traniello, Allyson M. Ray, Arminius S. Caldwell, Samuel A. Wickline, Gene E. Robinson
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb200196 doi: 10.1242/jeb.200196 Published 16 July 2019

    Summary: Bioinformatics, RNAi and behavioral assays reveal that plasticity in the regulatory relationships between transcription factors and target genes is associated with social behavior, social context and endocrine state.

  • COMMENTARY
    Genetic accommodation and the role of ancestral plasticity in the evolution of insect eusociality
    Beryl M. Jones, Gene E. Robinson
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb153163 doi: 10.1242/jeb.153163 Published 26 November 2018

    Summary: Social insects are excellent models for studying phenotypic plasticity. We review issues associated with understanding the genetics of plasticity-first evolution and outline an empirical approach to help advance this field.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Antibacterial activity of male and female sperm-storage organs in ants
    Francisco Dávila, Anne Botteaux, David Bauman, Sarah Chérasse, Serge Aron
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb175158 doi: 10.1242/jeb.175158 Published 26 March 2018

    Highlighted Article: Male and female sperm-storage organs display different antibacterial activity in ants. This activity varies over time in females after mating, allowing long-term storage of sperm cells free of bacteria.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Transcriptomic analysis of instinctive and learned reward-related behaviors in honey bees
    Nicholas L. Naeger, Gene E. Robinson
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3554-3561; doi: 10.1242/jeb.144311

    Highlighted Article: Brain gene expression analysis sheds new light on the relationship between instincts and learned behaviors and provides new insights into how the brain's reward system influences social behavior.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Biological activity of the enantiomers of 3-methylhentriacontane, a queen pheromone of the ant Lasius niger
    Marine Motais de Narbonne, Jelle S. van Zweden, Jan E. Bello, Tom Wenseleers, Jocelyn G. Millar, Patrizia d'Ettorre
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1632-1638; doi: 10.1242/jeb.136069

    Summary: The two enantiomers of the black garden ant queen pheromone 3-methylhentriacontane are both effective in suppressing worker ovarian development but the (S)-enantiomer more effectively reduces aggressive behavior.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    Comparative analysis of fertility signals and sex-specific cuticular chemical profiles of Odontomachus trap-jaw ants
    Adrian A. Smith, Jocelyn G. Millar, Andrew V. Suarez
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 419-430; doi: 10.1242/jeb.128850

    Highlighted Article: Fertility signals are not conserved in four species of Odontomachus trap-jaw ants: male signals are more conserved, but are species specific. Bioassays implicate newly discovered compounds as fertility signals for O. ruginodis.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE
    How to know which food is good for you: bumblebees use taste to discriminate between different concentrations of food differing in nutrient content
    Fabian A. Ruedenauer, Johannes Spaethe, Sara D. Leonhardt
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2015 218: 2233-2240; doi: 10.1242/jeb.118554

    Highlighted Article: Bumblebee workers are able to discriminate different concentrations of a food mixture and hence nutrients by using their sense of taste, which may enable them to individually regulate food intake.

  • RESEARCH ARTICLES
    Precocene-I inhibits juvenile hormone biosynthesis, ovarian activation, aggression and alters sterility signal production in bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) workers
    E. Amsalem, P. Teal, C. M. Grozinger, A. Hefetz
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2014 217: 3178-3185; doi: 10.1242/jeb.107250

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