Offspring chemical control of adult reproductive transitions in a social insect
Baptiste Piqueret, Jerrit Weißflog, Sandra Tretter, Tim Zetzsche, Daniel Veit, Stefan Bartram, Rayko Halitschke, Yuko Ulrich
The paper identifies a larval pheromone in clonal raider ants that suppresses adult egg laying, linking offspring presence to parental reproductive suppression.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Apr 8, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition