Animal Behavior & CognitionProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Offspring chemical control of adult reproductive transitions in a social insect
Baptiste Piqueret, Jerrit Weißflog, Sandra Tretter…·Yuko Ulrich
The paper identifies a larval pheromone in clonal raider ants that suppresses adult egg laying, linking offspring presence to parental reproductive suppression.