Predators everywhere impose strong selection pressures on the morphology and behavior of their prey, but the resulting antipredator adaptations vary greatly among species. Studies of adaptive colorati
These samples are from Pogonomyrmex barbatus (J-lineage) harvester ants with genetic caste determination. Because of the genetic caste determination the larvae can be genotyped to infer their female c
N-terminal acetylation is a ubiquitous protein modification conserved from yeast to human, which has a widespread biological role. Extensive research about histone and other proteins revealed the role
Large conspicuous eyespots on butterfly wings have been shown to deter predators. This has been traditionally explained by mimicry of vertebrate eyes, but recently the classic eye-mimicry hypothesis h
