GEO DataSets

(Submitter supplied) The red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta is an invasive pest in the USA, eastern Asia and Australia that causes billions worth of damage where it has been introduced. In the insect colony, workers perform tasks based on their age as well as the subcaste, where the younger workers as well as the members of the smaller subcastes of workers tend to remain in the nest and tend to the brood while the older ants as well as the members of the larger subcastes of workers leave the nest to perform activities such as foraging. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL33321

12 Samples

Download data: FPKM_TRACKING

(Submitter supplied) To investigate the effect of supergene status and social environment pre- and post-pupation, we used RNA-sequencing of fire ant ant workers to assess gene expression differences.

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL24390

52 Samples

Download data: TAB

(Submitter supplied) Using an organ-specific RNA-sequencing approach, we explore the role of supergene genotype and social environment on unmated, reproductive females Solenopsis invicta ants as they depart on their mating flights.

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL28471

64 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Transcriptomes of dissected brains from workers from polygyne fire ants were analyzed. Four replicates were obtained.

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL24390

4 Samples

Download data: GTF

(Submitter supplied) Purpose: We aimed to provide a basis for the adaptive mechanism and a rich resource for the discovery and identification of novel genes involved in the cold and heat stress response in Solenopsis invicta. retinal transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) to microarray and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT–PCR) methods and to evaluate protocols for optimal high-throughput data analysis Methods: Solenopsis invicta was reared at lab condition, and incubated at 4 different temperature for 24h (10, 20, 30 and 40℃). more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL28780

4 Samples

Download data: FASTA, XLSX

(Submitter supplied) This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL15900

18 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) Queen discrimination behavior in the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta maintains its two types of societies: colonies with one (monogyne) or many (polygyne) queens, yet the underlying genetic mechanism is poorly understood. This behavior is controlled by two supergene alleles, SB and Sb, with ~600 genes. Polygyne workers, having either the SB/SB or SB/Sb genotype, accept additional SB/Sb queens into their colonies but kill SB/SB queens. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL15900

3 Samples

Download data: DIFF, FPKM_TRACKING, GTF, TXT, XLSX

(Submitter supplied) Queen discrimination behavior in the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta maintains its two types of societies: colonies with one (monogyne) or many (polygyne) queens, yet the underlying genetic mechanism is poorly understood. This behavior is controlled by two supergene alleles, SB and Sb, with ~600 genes. Polygyne workers, having either the SB/SB or SB/Sb genotype, accept additional SB/Sb queens into their colonies but kill SB/SB queens. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL15900

3 Samples

Download data: DIFF, FPKM_TRACKING, GTF, TXT, XLSX

(Submitter supplied) Queen discrimination behavior in the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta maintains its two types of societies: colonies with one (monogyne) or many (polygyne) queens, yet the underlying genetic mechanism is poorly understood. This behavior is controlled by two supergene alleles, SB and Sb, with ~600 genes. Polygyne workers, having either the SB/SB or SB/Sb genotype, accept additional SB/Sb queens into their colonies but kill SB/SB queens. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL15900

12 Samples

Download data: GTF, TXT

(Submitter supplied) Transcriptomes of dissected brains from alate virgin and de-alate mated queens from polygyne fire ants were analyzed and compared. Four replicates of each condition were obtained. Thirteen genes were upregulated in mated queen brain and nine were downregulated. We found that for four differentially expressed genes in brain selected for qPCR analyses, changes in gene expression were most likely driven by the changes in physiological state (i.e. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL24390

8 Samples

Download data: GTF

(Submitter supplied) In many animals living in groups the reproductivestatus of individuals is determined by their social status. In specieswith social hierarchies, the death of dominant individuals typicallyupheaves the social hierarchy and provides an opportunity for subordinateindividuals to improve their social status. Such a phenomenon occursin the monogyne form of the fire ant\emph{, Solenopsis invicta, }wherecolonies typically contain a single wingless reproductive queen, thousandsof workers and hundreds of winged non-reproductive virgin queens.Upon the death of the mother queen, many virgin queens shed theirwings and initiate reproductive development instead of departing ona mating flight. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL6930

12 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) Will be added/updated once the manuscript is finalized.

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta; Cardiocondyla obscurior

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL11120

58 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) Ants are among the most successful animals on earth, with societies of a complexity that rivals our own. These societies are characterized by reproductive division of labor between female queens that can live several years and lay thousands of eggs per day, workers that live only a few months and are sterile, and males that live only a few weeks and do not participate in colony tasks. These striking differences in lifespan and roles are echoed by extensive morphological and physiological divergence. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL11109

268 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) We used whole bodies of four different adult fire ant morphs (alate queens, workers, haploid males, and diploid males) from a single polygyne colony to generate single-base resolution DNA methylation maps.

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Methylation profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL15900

4 Samples

Download data: TXT

(Submitter supplied) This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL6930

90 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) In Hymenoptera, sex is determined by a single-locus complementary sex determining system (sl-CSD). Males are normally haploid (hemizygous at the sl-CSD locus) but if the genotype of the sl-CSD locus is homozygous, they develop into diploid males. Here, we study the effects of ploidy and the sl-CSD-locus genotype by comparing gene expression differences between haploid males, diploid males and virgin queens at three developmental stages, pupae, 1 day and 11 days after eclosion. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL6930

30 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) In Hymenoptera, sex is determined by a single-locus complementary sex determining system (sl-CSD). Males are normally haploid (hemizygous at the sl-CSD locus) but if the genotype of the sl-CSD locus is homozygous, they develop into diploid males. Here, we study the effects of ploidy and the sl-CSD-locus genotype by comparing gene expression differences between haploid males, diploid males and virgin queens at three developmental stages, pupae, 1 day and 11 days after eclosion. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL6930

30 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) In Hymenoptera, sex is determined by a single-locus complementary sex determining system (sl-CSD). Males are normally haploid (hemizygous at the sl-CSD locus) but if the genotype of the sl-CSD locus is homozygous, they develop into diploid males. Here, we study the effects of ploidy and the sl-CSD-locus genotype by comparing gene expression differences between haploid males, diploid males and virgin queens at three developmental stages, pupae, 1 day and 11 days after eclosion. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL6930

30 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) In the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, a colony queen number is determined by the founding queen's genotypes at the 13 Mb supergene with the non-recombining variants SB and Sb. Single-queen colonies are always headed by SB/SB queens while multiple-queens colonies are always headed by SB/Sb queens. The two variants of the supergene, SB and Sb are completely linked to the two alleles (B and b) of the gene Gp-9. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL6930

78 Samples

Download data: GPR

(Submitter supplied) Ants provide remarkable examples of equivalent genotypes developing into divergent and discrete phenotypes. Diploid eggs can develop either into queens, which specialize in reproduction, or workers, which participate in cooperative tasks such as building the nest, collecting food, and rearing the young. In contrast, the differentiation between males and females generally depends upon whether eggs are fertilized, with fertilized (diploid) eggs giving rise to females and unfertilized (haploid) eggs giving rise to males. more...

Organism:

Solenopsis invicta; Solenopsis richteri; Solenopsis invicta x Solenopsis richteri

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL6930

140 Samples

Download data: GPR