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Long Ding, Jakub Mlejnek, Haiyan Zheng…·Claude Desplan
The paper identifies HCRG1, a peptide that suppresses juvenile hormone to enable reproductive and longevity changes in ants.
Bogdan Sieriebriennikov, Kayli R. Sieber, Olena Kolumba…·Hua Yan
The paper shows that in ants, orco mutations cause ORN apoptosis, but some ORNs survive by expressing Ir genes, suggesting chemosensory receptors mediate activity-dependent survival.
Hua Yan, Comzit Opachaloemphan, Giacomo Mancini…·Claude Desplan
This study uses CRISPR to knock out the Orco gene in ants, showing its role in olfaction, social behavior, and neural plasticity.