Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Time course analysis of the brain transcriptome during transitions between brood care and reproduction in the clonal raider ant
R. Libbrecht, P. R. Oxley, D. J. Kronauer
The paper studies gene expression changes in the brain of clonal raider ants during transitions between brood care and reproduction, finding faster responses to larval signals inhibiting reproduction than to their removal.
DOI 10.1186/s12915-018-0558-8