Transcriptomics of Developmental Stages in Ants

Here, we compared transcriptomes of different developmental stages (larvae, pupae, adults), castes (queens, workers), and sexes of two related ant species, the slavemaker Temnothorax americanus and its host T. longispinosus. Our aim was to investigate inter-species communalities and differences in group-specific transcriptomes, possibly explained by their divergent lifestyles.