Differential Gene Expression and Protein Abundance Evince Ontogenetic Bias toward Castes in a Primitively Eusocial Wasp
James H. Hunt, Florian Wolschin, Michael T. Henshaw et al. · 2010
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James Hunt and colleagues asked when paper wasps become set toward queen or worker life, in PLOS ONE in 2010. Polistes wasps live in small nests where caste is not fixed at birth. A well-fed female may become a queen, while others work. The species is a model for how insect societies first arose.
Genes and proteins already leaned toward one fate early in adult life. The lean showed before clear outward signs appeared. So caste bias starts inside the body well ahead of behavior. Finding that early lean helps explain how loose groups of equals could harden into queens and workers over time.
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| CREATOR | James H. Hunt, Florian Wolschin, Michael T. Henshaw et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2010 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010674