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TWiEVO 40: Eau de bee

  • February 15, 2019
  • Tagged as: courtship display, evolution, natural selection, odorant receptor, olfactory receptor, orchid bee, reproductive isolation, speciation, species identity

Nels and Vincent move back to reproductive isolation – this time, pre-zygotic, in the charismatic orchid bee where the males make chemically distinct perfumes to attract mates of the same species.

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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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