NSF 2013 Project – Publications

Travis L. Calkins; Mei‐Er Chen, Arinder K. Arora, Chloe Hawkings, Cecilia Tamborindeguy, Patricia V. Pietrantonio* 2018. Brain gene expression analyses in virgin and mated queens of fire ants reveal mating‐independent and socially regulated changes. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3976

Bajracharya P, Lu H-L, Pietrantonio PV (2014) The Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) Kept Y not F: Predicted sNPY Endogenous Ligands Deorphanize the Short NPF (sNPF) Receptor. PLoS ONE 9(10): e109590. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109590

Castillo P, Pietrantonio PV (2013) Differences in sNPF Receptor-Expressing Neurons in Brains of Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) Worker Subcastes: Indicators for Division of Labor and Nutritional Status? PLoS ONE 8(12): e83966. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083966