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The molecular basis of socially-mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp

ABSTRACT: We report analyses the individual-level brain gene expression profiles of Polistes dominula paper wasps following the loss of a queen, a perturbation that induces some individuals to undergo a significant phenotypic shift and become queens while others maintain an apparently unchanged worker phenotype. We use a machine learning approach to map individual transcriptomes on a continuum between worker and queen states and then match these scores to detailed phenotypic data. We find a strong response of caste-associated gene expression to queen loss, with individuals’ expression profiles becoming intermediate between queen and worker states.

ORGANISM(S): Polistes dominula

PROVIDER: GSE153532 | GEO | 2020/12/23

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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