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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Ooceraea biroi"”.
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DNA Methylation and DNA Methyltransferases in the Clonal Raider Ant, Ooceraea biroi
… the DNMT enzymes, we used the clonal raider ant, Ooceraea biroi, a tractable model organism with robust DNA methylation. We utilized CRISPR/Cas9 to mutate the DNMT genes (DNMT1 and DNMT3) and generate four unique mutants (two targeting different regions of DNMT1, one targeting DNMT3 and a …
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The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Nomadic Behavior in the Clonal Raider Ant, Ooceraea Biroi
… and viable solution. The clonal raider ant, <em>Ooceraea biroi</em>, is a non-army ant doryline that exhibits army ant-like characteristics. Though nearly impossible to study in the field due to their subterranean lifestyle, their queenless, asexually reproducing colonies render them an ideal …
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Mapping the Brain of the Clonal Raider Ant: Integrating Behavior, Neuroanatomy and Connectomics
… not well understood. The clonal raider ant, <em>Ooceraea biroi</em>, is an ideal species for investigating the neural circuits involved in social behavior, as it is both experimentally tractable and genetically accessible compared to other ant species. In this thesis, I describe my efforts to …
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Transgenic Tools in Ants and the Representation of Alarm Pheromones in the Ant Antennial Lobe
… tractability of the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi, we implemented piggyBac transgenesis for the first time in ants, and generated a toolkit of transgenic lines. These protocols and transgenic tools greatly expand the space of feasible experiments in ants, and make clonal raider ants …
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Mechanisms for the Evolution of Superorganismality in Ants
… work on establishing the clonal raider ant, Ooceraea biroi, as a tractable laboratory model, has helped alleviate this difficulty. In this dissertation, I study the proximate evolution of superorganismality in ants. Using focussed mechanistic experiments in O. biroi, in combination with …
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CRISPR/CASTE: Functional Genomic Studies of the Major Evolutionary Innovations of Ants
… this work using a unique, clonal ant species, Ooceraea biroi, that has many properties making it favorable for laboratory genetics studies. Establishing this protocol required a multi-year optimization process to account for many of the particular features of ant biology, such as egg production …
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How Clonal Ants Clone: The Reproductive Biology of the Clonal Raider Ant, Ooceraca Biroi
… biology of the clonal raider ant, <em>Ooceraea biroi</em>. This species has lost the queen caste, and all individuals are, morphologically, worker females that reproduce asexually. Males are produced occasionally, but are considered effectively vestigial because ant workers do not mate. …
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Nurture is Nature: The Molecular Basis of Caregiver Genotype Effects on Larval Growth and Caste Development in the Clonal Raider Ant
… traits and species. The clonal raider ant, <em>Ooceraea biroi</em>, provides a powerful model in which the effects of genetics and environment on social traits can be disentangled. These ants reproduce parthenogenetically and can be maintained in the laboratory under standardized conditions. …