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Regulation of variable lifespan in castes of ants

Description: PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Aging is an intrinsic process leading to progressive decline in the physiological conditions in humans and other organisms. The proposed study will use the distinct features in ants to understand the regulation of aging process.
Funding type: fellowship
Funder scheme: F32
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Investigator: HUA YAN (lead)
Institutions: New York University, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Subfield: Aging
Funded outputs count: 6
Funder award ID: F32AG044971
OpenAlex ID: G3004711069
Caste Transition and Reversion in Harpegnathos saltator Ant Colonies
2023 · Comzit Opachaloemphan, Francisco Carmona-Aldana, et al. · BIO-PROTOCOL · 3
Insulin signaling in the long-lived reproductive caste of ants
2022 · Hua Yan, Comzit Opachaloemphan, et al. · Science · 90
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Early behavioral and molecular events leading to caste switching in the ant Harpegnathos
2021 · Comzit Opachaloemphan, Giacomo Mancini, et al. · Genes & Development · 42
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Recent Advances in Behavioral (Epi)Genetics in Eusocial Insects
2018 · Comzit Opachaloemphan, Hua Yan, et al. · Annual Review of Genetics · 54
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An Engineered orco Mutation Produces Aberrant Social Behavior and Defective Neural Development in Ants
2017 · Hua Yan, Comzit Opachaloemphan, et al. · Cell · 253
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The Neuropeptide Corazonin Controls Social Behavior and Caste Identity in Ants
2017 · Janko Gospocic, Emily J. Shields, et al. · Cell · 191
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