Project description:Harvester ants (genus Pogonomyrmex) are notable for their stings which cause intense, long-lasting pain and other neurotoxic symptoms in vertebrates. Here we show that harvester ant venoms are relatively simple and composed largely of peptide toxins. One class of peptides is primarily responsible for the long-lasting local pain of envenomation. These hydrophobic, cysteine-free peptides activate mammalian sensory neurons via potent modulation of voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels, reducing voltage threshold for activation and inhibiting channel inactivation. These toxins appear to have evolved specifically as deterrents against vertebrates.
Project description:To study the population genetics context of the Saqqaq individual we carried out Illumina Bead-Array-based genotyping on four native North American and twelve north Asian populations.
Project description:The complete mitochondrial genome of a parthenogenetic ant Monomorium triviale (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
| PRJDB12079 | ENA
Project description:Draft mitogenomes of the invasive ant Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr 1855) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
| PRJNA773948 | ENA
Project description:Draft mitogenomes of the invasive ant Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr 1855) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
| PRJNA773860 | ENA
Project description:Phylogenomics resolves the systematics and biogeography of the ant genus Manica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and tribal relationships of the Myrmicinae
