TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic basis of chemical communication in eusocial insects
AU - Yan, Hua
AU - Liebig, Jürgen
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Claude Desplan, Jocelyn Millar, Danny Reinberg, and Adrian Smith for their comments and suggestions. H.Y. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation I/UCRC, the Center for Arthropod Management Technologies under grant number IIP1821914, and by industry partners. J.L. acknowledges funding from the National Science Foundation (grant no. 2027237). This review benefited from a wealth of research articles, but due to length limitations, some relevant publications could not be cited.
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© 2021 Yan and Liebig
PY - 2021/4/1
Y1 - 2021/4/1
N2 - Social behavior is one of the most fascinating and complex behaviors in humans and animals. A fundamental process of social behavior is communication among individuals. It relies on the capability of the nervous system to sense, process, and interpret various signals (e.g., pheromones) and respond with appropriate decisions and actions. Eusocial insects, including ants, some bees, some wasps, and termites, display intriguing cooperative social behavior. Recent advances in genetic and genomic studies have revealed key genes that are involved in pheromone synthesis, chemosensory perception, and physiological and behavioral responses to varied pheromones. In this review, we highlight the genes and pathways that regulate queen pheromone-mediated social communication, discuss the evolutionary changes in genetic systems, and outline prospects of functional studies in sociobiology.
AB - Social behavior is one of the most fascinating and complex behaviors in humans and animals. A fundamental process of social behavior is communication among individuals. It relies on the capability of the nervous system to sense, process, and interpret various signals (e.g., pheromones) and respond with appropriate decisions and actions. Eusocial insects, including ants, some bees, some wasps, and termites, display intriguing cooperative social behavior. Recent advances in genetic and genomic studies have revealed key genes that are involved in pheromone synthesis, chemosensory perception, and physiological and behavioral responses to varied pheromones. In this review, we highlight the genes and pathways that regulate queen pheromone-mediated social communication, discuss the evolutionary changes in genetic systems, and outline prospects of functional studies in sociobiology.
KW - Chemosensory system
KW - Communication
KW - Genetic regulation
KW - Pheromone
KW - Signal evolution
KW - Social behavior]
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U2 - 10.1101/gad.346965.120
DO - 10.1101/gad.346965.120
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33861721
AN - SCOPUS:85103624200
SN - 0890-9369
VL - 35
SP - 470
EP - 482
JO - Genes and Development
JF - Genes and Development
IS - 7
ER -