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June 11, 2026

Queen loss fails to elicit physiological and transcriptional responses in workers of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus.

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MMMegha MajoeNSNicole StolarekJVJoel Vizueta

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Overview

Randomized trial tested queen removal effects on workers' physiological responses in invasive ant colonies, suggesting independence from queen presence.

Key Points

  • To investigate whether queen loss triggers physiological and transcriptional changes in workers of Lasius neglectus.
  • Experimental queen removal in colonies of Lasius neglectus.
  • Measurement of fat body gene expression changes post queen removal.
  • Assessment of stress resilience in orphan workers.
  • Queen removal did not change fat body gene expression (no statistical effect noted).
  • No increase in stress resilience among orphan workers after queen loss observed.
  • Comparable age-related transcriptional changes were found in both workers and queens.

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Majoe et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2a528480c8f91e7f39e78ahttps://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voag043
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