A single-cell transcriptomic atlas tracking the neural basis of division of labour in an ant superorganism - Nature.com

Using single-cell transcriptomics, the authors generate a brain cell atlas for the pharaoh ant including individuals of different sexes and castes and show changes in cell composition underlying division of labour and reproductive specialization.

Biological samples The original colony of M. pharaonis was collected in 2016 from a resident house in Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, and split into hundreds of subcolonies in the lab… [+31808 chars]

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