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TWiEVO 18: Raiders of the lost orco

  • April 10, 2017
  • Tagged as: ant, antennal lobe glomeruli, clonal raider ant, CRISPR, evolution, nesting, odorant, odorant receptor, orco, pheromone, social evolution
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Buck and Sean join Vincent in New York, while Sylvia is with Nels in Salt Lake City to discuss the first mutant ant ever made: disruption of orco, a gene required for function of odorant receptors, causes defects in social behavior and fitness.

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TWiEVO 13: This week in ants

  • November 15, 2016
  • Tagged as: ant, Corrie Moreau, evolution, genome, mutualism, natural selection, plant, Pseudomyrmex, symbiosis
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Corrie Moreau joins Nels and Vincent to talk about her comparative analysis of the genomes of mutualist ants that nest in plants, and non-symbiotic species.

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