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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Abstract. The role of DNA methylation in regulating transcriptional activity and post-transcriptional modifications in insects, particularly in social inse

International Congress of the Insternational Union for the Study of Social Insects

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Abstract. Parasites pose significant challenges not only to individual hosts but also to entire social groups. We investigated the effects of parasitism by

Global warming dramatically increases desiccation risk for insects. To avoid water loss, terrestrial insects are covered with a thin, chemically complex layer of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), which a...

Ants have been proposed as good models to study ageing and the effects of extrinsic mortality because of their long lifespans and plasticity of ageing within species. We discuss how age-dependent ext...

Cooperative transport, defined as the coordinated effort of multiple individuals to move a single item, enables social animals to retrieve resources more efficiently and reduces the risk of exploitati...