Social insects dominate arthropod communities worldwide due to cooperation and division of labor in their societies. This, however, makes them vulnerable to exploitation by social parasites, such as slave‐making ants. Slave‐making ant workers pillage brood from neighboring nests of related host ant species. After emergence, host workers take over all nonreproductive colony tasks, whereas slavemakers have lost the ability to care for themselves and their offspring. Here, we compared transcriptomes of different developmental stages (larvae, pupae, and adults), castes (queens and workers), and sexes of two related ant species, the slavemaker Temnothorax americanus and its host Temnothorax longispinosus. Our aim was to investigate commonalities...
BACKGROUND: The transition to a parasitic lifestyle entails comprehensive changes to the selective r...
The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between queens and...
The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between queens and...
Social insects dominate arthropod communities worldwide due to cooperation and division of labor in ...
Social insects dominate arthropod communities worldwide due to cooperation and division of labor in ...
Social insects dominate arthropod communities worldwide due to cooperation and division of labor in ...
The ecological success of social Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps) depends on the division of labour b...
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differe...
Ants and other social insects forming large societies are generally characterized by marked reproduc...
Reproductive division of labor in eusocial insects is a striking example of a shared genetic backgro...
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differe...
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differe...
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differe...
Ants and other social insects forming large societies are generally characterized by marked reproduc...
Reproductive division of labor in eusocial insects is a striking example of a shared genetic backgro...
BACKGROUND: The transition to a parasitic lifestyle entails comprehensive changes to the selective r...
The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between queens and...
The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between queens and...
Social insects dominate arthropod communities worldwide due to cooperation and division of labor in ...
Social insects dominate arthropod communities worldwide due to cooperation and division of labor in ...
Social insects dominate arthropod communities worldwide due to cooperation and division of labor in ...
The ecological success of social Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps) depends on the division of labour b...
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differe...
Ants and other social insects forming large societies are generally characterized by marked reproduc...
Reproductive division of labor in eusocial insects is a striking example of a shared genetic backgro...
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differe...
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differe...
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differe...
Ants and other social insects forming large societies are generally characterized by marked reproduc...
Reproductive division of labor in eusocial insects is a striking example of a shared genetic backgro...
BACKGROUND: The transition to a parasitic lifestyle entails comprehensive changes to the selective r...
The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between queens and...
The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between queens and...