ArticleGenes2021
Parasite Presence Induces Gene Expression Changes in an Ant Host Related to Immunity and Longevity.
Article in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cestode infection is linked to transcriptional shifts in neuropeptide signalling and caste-specific ageing pathways in a social insect.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Integrated co-expression analysis of host-parasite transcriptomes reveals mechanisms of host modulation in an ant-cestode system.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Age, caste, and social context shape ovarian morphology and transcriptomic profiles in red harvester ants.npj aging · 2025Article
- Gene Expression Associated With Behaviour Manipulation in Wood Ants Infected With Larval Lancet Fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Parasite manipulation of host phenotypes inferred from transcriptional analyses in a trematode-amphipod system.Molecular ecology · 2023Article
- From Parasitized to Healthy-Looking Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Morphological Reconstruction Using Algorithmic Processing.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Extreme lifespan extension in tapeworm-infected ant workers.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
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Abstract
Most species are either parasites or exploited by parasites, making parasite-host interactions a driver of evolution. Parasites with complex life cycles often evolve strategies to facilitate transmission to the definitive host by manipulating their intermediate host. Such manipulations could explain phenotypic changes in the ant
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