ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2021
The effect of environmental stress on ageing in a termite species with low social complexity.
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- Meta-Analysis of Public RNA Sequencing Data Revealed Potential Key Genes Associated with Reproductive Division of Labor in Social Hymenoptera and Termites.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- A genetic toolkit underlying the queen phenotype in termites with totipotent workers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Advancing methods for the biodemography of aging within social contexts.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023Review
- The remoulding of dietary effects on the fecundity / longevity trade-off in a social insect.BMC genomics · 2023Article
- Why and how do termite kings and queens live so long?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the mechanisms underpinning ageing and fecundity in social insects.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Queen loss increases worker survival in leaf-cutting ants under paraquat-induced oxidative stress.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Ageing and sociality: why, when and how does sociality change ageing patterns?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Oxidative stress and senescence in social insects: a significant but inconsistent link?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Eusociality and Senescence: Neuroprotection and Physiological Resilience to Aging in Insect and Mammalian Systems.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Social insects seem to have overcome the almost universal trade-off between fecundity and longevity as queens can be highly fecund and at the same time reach lifespans of decades. By contrast, their non-reproducing workers are often short-lived. One hypothesis to explain the long lifespan of queens is that they are better protected against stress than their workers. However, evidence is controversial and experimental studies are scarce. We aimed at manipulating environmental stress and ageing by exposing colonies of the less-socially complex termite
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