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Fig. 4

From: Time-course RNASeq of Camponotus floridanus forager and nurse ant brains indicate links between plasticity in the biological clock and behavioral division of labor

Fig. 4

Potential links between chronobiological plasticity and behavioral division of labor in C. floridanus. The infographic shows differences in rhythmic expression in forager and nurse brains for several genes involved in entrainment of the endogenous clock (clock-input), proper functioning of the endogenous clock, and the clock-controlled pathways (clock-output) that likely regulate locomotion and division of labor in ants. The symbol “‡” indicates that gene expression for that gene shows a trend of rhythmic expression in one of the ant castes (Additional File 5) but was not significant (p ≥ 0.05). Ultradian rhythms include both 8 h and 12 h oscillations. The following genes have been abbreviated in the figure but not in the text: Venom-carboxylesterase-6 (Vce-6), Arylphorin-subunit-alpha (Arya)

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