🐜Tiny ants, weird parasites, and gene expression doing interesting things🐜 Our article has been published in BMC Genomics! Huge thanks to all co-authors and everyone in the lab who contributed to this work @socialinsectlab.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cestode infection is linked to transcriptional shifts in neuropeptide signalling and caste-specific ageing pathways in a social insect - BMC Genomics
Social insects are key models for phenotypic plasticity, as queens and workers show striking differences in behaviour and lifespan despite sharing the same genome. Neuropeptides are central regulators...
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