Allometric Scaling of Metabolism, Growth, and Activity in Whole Colonies of the Seed‐Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

2010 ◽  
Vol 176 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Waters ◽  
C. Tate Holbrook ◽  
Jennifer H. Fewell ◽  
Jon F. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Allometric Scaling ◽  
Pogonomyrmex Californicus ◽  
Harvester Ant

scholarly journals High-Quality Genome Assembly and Annotation of the California Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (Buckley, 1867)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Bohn ◽  
Reza Halabian ◽  
Lukas Schrader ◽  
Victoria Shabardina ◽  
Raphael Steffen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Assembly ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Primary Polygyny ◽  
Pogonomyrmex Californicus ◽  
The North ◽  
Harvester Ant ◽  
Mating Flights ◽  
North And South America ◽  
High Quality Genome

ABSTRACTThe harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex is endemic to arid and semiarid habitats and deserts of North and South America and California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus is the most widely distributed Pogonomyrmex species in the North America. P. californicus colonies are usually monogynous, i.e. a colony has one queen. However, in a few populations in California, primary polygyny evolved, i.e. several queens cooperate in colony founding after their mating flights and continue to coexist in mature colonies. Here, we present high quality genome assembly and annotation of P. californicus. The size of the assembly is 241 Mb, which is in good agreement with previously estimated genome size and we were able to annotate 17,889 genes in total, including 15,688 protein-coding ones with BUSCO completeness at the 95% level. This high quality genome will pave the way for investigations of the genomic underpinnings of social polymorphism in queen number, regulation of aggression, and the evolution of adaptations to dry habitats in P. californicus.

Colony-size effects on task organization in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. T. Holbrook ◽  
T. H. Eriksson ◽  
R. P. Overson ◽  
J. Gadau ◽  
J. H. Fewell
Keyword(s):  
Colony Size ◽  
Size Effects ◽  
Pogonomyrmex Californicus ◽  
Harvester Ant ◽  
Task Organization

scholarly journals Gene expression and variation in social aggression by queens of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (15) ◽  
pp. 3716-3730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Helmkampf ◽  
Alexander S. Mikheyev ◽  
Yun Kang ◽  
Jennifer Fewell ◽  
Jürgen Gadau
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Pogonomyrmex Californicus ◽  
Harvester Ant

scholarly journals Worker division of labor and endocrine physiology are associated in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus

2012 ◽  
Vol 215 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Dolezal ◽  
C. S. Brent ◽  
B. Holldobler ◽  
G. V. Amdam
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Pogonomyrmex Californicus ◽  
Harvester Ant

scholarly journals The foundress’s dilemma: group selection for cooperation among queens of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Shaffer ◽  
Takao Sasaki ◽  
Brian Haney ◽  
Marco Janssen ◽  
Stephen C. Pratt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Selection ◽  
Pogonomyrmex Californicus ◽  
Harvester Ant ◽  
Selection For
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