Hartmann, Clara and Heinze, Juergen and Bernadou, Abel (2019) Age-dependent changes in cuticular color and pteridine levels in a clonal ant. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 118: 103943. ISSN 0022-1910, 1879-1611
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Social insects are emerging models for studying aging and the longevity/fecundity trade-off. Research on the demography of colonies and populations are hampered by the lack of reliable age markers. Here we investigate the suitability of cuticular pigmentation and pteridine fluorescence for age grading individuals of the clonal ant Platythyrea punctata. We found that both traits varied with age. Cuticular color darkened with individual's age until 25-30 days after hatching. For pteridine fluorescence, we found that P. punctata workers show a decrease in head pteridine levels over time until 70-80 days of age. Together with other markers, such as age-based behavior, cuticular coloration and pteridine fluorescence may help to estimate the age structure of colonies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DAILY GROWTH LAYERS; DIVISION-OF-LABOR; ADULT INSECTS; FLUORESCENCE; DOMINANCE; MOSQUITOS; DIPTERA; LIVE; Age determination; Pteridines; Fluorescence; Cuticular color; Social insects; Ants |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2020 06:04 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2020 06:04 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/26065 |
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