Pharmacological screening and behavioural assays in ants identify two specific neuropeptides that have key and opposite effects in regulating brood care, and that link nutritional state to age-dependent changes in parenting behaviour.
General ant husbandry and maintenance
Ooceraea biroi colonies of clonal line B81 were housed in 0.6-quart ClickClack boxes with an approximately 3-cm-deep plaster of Paris floor. Colonies were kept … [+47985 chars]
Ooceraea biroi colonies of clonal line B81 were housed in 0.6-quart ClickClack boxes with an approximately 3-cm-deep plaster of Paris floor. Colonies were kept … [+47985 chars]