The project aims to elucidate the origins and function of a social organ of ants, the postpharyngeal gland. This head gland plays a key role in nestmate discrimination by mixing and exchanging cuticular hydrocarbons between members of a colony. Additional roles in the social exchange of nutrients and other molecules have been suggested, but not confirmed. The gland is also the specific target of parasitic nematodes, with effects of infections on behavior. The project will develop based on your interests and skills to include diverse approaches (e.g., comparative, behavioural, and/or chemical analyses, metabolomics, transcriptomics), capitalizing on the clonal raider ant as an experimental system.
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