Advances in the Study of Olfaction in Eusocial Ants.
Advances in the Study of Olfaction in Eusocial Ants.
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10.3390/insects12030252
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发表时间：
2021-03-17
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3
通讯作者：
Zwiebel LJ
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作者：
Ferguson ST;Bakis I;Zwiebel LJ
与果蝇或蚊子等独居昆虫不同，真社会性蚂蚁形成的殖民社会由繁殖体（雌性蚁后和短命雄性）和数千名不育的雌性后代（称为工蚁）组成。社会行为，如护理女王的后代，觅食，巢防御从工人的集体行为出现。重要的是，这些行为严重依赖于通过检测环境中的化学线索来交换信息。虽然研究工作历来旨在了解这些社会性昆虫的化学生态学，在过去十年中，分子技术的应用进展促进了新的研究，弥合社会行为和嗅觉之间的差距。在这里，我们回顾了真社会蚂蚁分子嗅觉研究的主要进展，并强调了未来研究的潜在途径。在过去的十年里，部分受到第一批蚂蚁基因组测序的刺激，嗅觉蚁生态学领域取得了重大进展。随着气味受体基因家族的显著扩展，人们已经做出了相当大的努力来了解蚁群复杂社会行为的嗅觉基础。在这里，我们回顾了最近的关键研究，已经开始揭示嗅觉系统的发展，以及如何嗅觉刺激的外周和中枢编码的见解。尽管存在重大的生物和技术障碍，但在基因编辑和其他分子技术的应用方面取得了实质性进展，这些技术将蚂蚁复杂的嗅觉系统与其他经过充分研究的昆虫模型系统（如果蝇）区分开来。在这样做的时候，我们希望不仅要注意这些研究，而且要注意关键的知识差距，这将成为未来研究工作的指南针。
In contrast to solitary insects such as the fruit fly or mosquito, eusocial ants form colonial societies comprised of reproductives (female queens and short-lived males) and thousands of sterile female offspring known as workers. Social behaviors such as nursing the queen’s offspring, foraging for food, and nest defense emerge from the collective behavior of the workers. Importantly, these behaviors critically depend on the exchange of information through the detection of chemical cues in the environment. While research efforts have historically aimed to understand the chemical ecology of these social insects, advances in the application of molecular technology over the past decade have facilitated novel studies that bridge the gap between social behaviors and olfaction. Here, we review major advances in the study of molecular olfaction in eusocial ants and highlight potential avenues for future research. Over the past decade, spurred in part by the sequencing of the first ant genomes, there have been major advances in the field of olfactory myrmecology. With the discovery of a significant expansion of the odorant receptor gene family, considerable efforts have been directed toward understanding the olfactory basis of complex social behaviors in ant colonies. Here, we review recent pivotal studies that have begun to reveal insights into the development of the olfactory system as well as how olfactory stimuli are peripherally and centrally encoded. Despite significant biological and technical impediments, substantial progress has been achieved in the application of gene editing and other molecular techniques that notably distinguish the complex olfactory system of ants from other well-studied insect model systems, such as the fruit fly. In doing so, we hope to draw attention not only to these studies but also to critical knowledge gaps that will serve as a compass for future research endeavors.
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