Geographical variation in Argentine ant aggression behaviour mediated by environmentally derived nestmate recognition cues

2006 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Buczkowski ◽  
Jules Silverman
Keyword(s):  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Geographical Variation ◽  
Argentine Ant ◽  
Nestmate Recognition Cues ◽  
Ant Aggression

Disentangling environmental and heritable nestmate recognition cues in a carpenter ant

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelle S. van Zweden ◽  
Stephanie Dreier ◽  
Patrizia d’Ettorre
Keyword(s):  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Carpenter Ant ◽  
Nestmate Recognition Cues

Absence of aggression but not nestmate recognition in an Australian population of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile

2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. T. Björkman-Chiswell ◽  
E. van Wilgenburg ◽  
M. L. Thomas ◽  
S. E. Swearer ◽  
M. A. Elgar
Keyword(s):  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Linepithema Humile ◽  
Argentine Ant ◽  
Australian Population

scholarly journals The gut microbiome defines social group membership in honey bee colonies

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (42) ◽  
pp. eabd3431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassondra L. Vernier ◽  
Iris M. Chin ◽  
Boahemaa Adu-Oppong ◽  
Joshua J. Krupp ◽  
Joel Levine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Gut Microbiome ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Cuticular Hydrocarbon ◽  
Specific Chemical ◽  
Behavioral Traits ◽  
Chemical Signatures ◽  
Nestmate Recognition Cues ◽  
Bee Colonies

In the honey bee, genetically related colony members innately develop colony-specific cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, which serve as pheromonal nestmate recognition cues. Yet, despite high intracolony relatedness, the innate development of colony-specific chemical signatures by individual colony members is largely determined by the colony environment, rather than solely relying on genetic variants shared by nestmates. Therefore, it is puzzling how a nongenic factor could drive the innate development of a quantitative trait that is shared by members of the same colony. Here, we provide one solution to this conundrum by showing that nestmate recognition cues in honey bees are defined, at least in part, by shared characteristics of the gut microbiome across individual colony members. These results illustrate the importance of host-microbiome interactions as a source of variation in animal behavioral traits.

scholarly journals Reformation process of the neuronal template for nestmate-recognition cues in the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

2007 ◽  
Vol 193 (9) ◽  
pp. 993-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Diana Leonhardt ◽  
Andreas Simon Brandstaetter ◽  
Christoph Johannes Kleineidam
Keyword(s):  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Camponotus Floridanus ◽  
Carpenter Ant ◽  
Nestmate Recognition Cues
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