The Role of Dopamine in the Collective Regulation of Foraging in Harvester Ants

Summary: Colonies of the red harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) differ in how they regulate collective foraging activity in response to changes in humidity. We used transcriptomic, physiological, and pharmacological experiments to investigate the molecular basis of this ecologically important var...

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Main Authors: Daniel A. Friedman, Anna Pilko, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, Karolina Krasinska, Jacqueline W. Parker, Jay Hirsh, Deborah M. Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004218301366

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