Expression of the Foraging Gene Is Associated with Age Polyethism, Not Task Preference, in the Ant Cardiocondyla obscurior

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-330377
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.33037

Oettler, Jan ; Nachtigal, Anna-Lena ; Schrader, Lukas

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Abstract

One of the fundamental principles of social organization, age polyethism, describes behavioral maturation of workers leading to switches in task preference. Here we present a system that allows for studying division of labor (DOL) by taking advantage of the relative short life of Cardiocondyla obscurior workers and thereby the pace of behavioral transitions. By challenging same-age young and ...