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Title: DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF TRANSFERRIN IN THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT, SOLENOPSIS INVICTA

Author
item Valles, Steven
item Pereira, Roberto

Submitted to: Florida Entomologist
Publication Type: Research Notes
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/23/2005
Publication Date: 12/15/2005
Citation: Valles, S.M., Pereira, R.M. 2005. DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF TRANSFERRIN IN THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT, SOLENOPSIS INVICTA. Florida Entomologist. 88(4):541-543.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The developmental expression of a transferrin gene from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (SiTf) was determined. Among the stages examined, early pupae exhibited the highest expression level (180-fold) followed by late larvae (24-fold), queens (25-fold), and workers (39-fold) relative to early larvae. Juvenile hormone treatment repressed the expression of SiTf in worker ants by greater than 50%. However, 20-hydroxyecdysone did not influence expression of SiTf.