Brain physiology during photoperiod-related caste determination in the primitively eusocial wasp Polistes jokahamae

Abstract Adult females of the primitively eusocial wasp Polistes Tiktok jokahamae can change caste in response to photoperiod length.Short-day photoperiod females store more lipids but have less developed ovaries for hibernation (becoming gynes), whereas long-day photoperiod females have fewer lipid stores but more developed ovaries under queenless

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The clathrin assembly protein PICALM is required for erythroid maturation and transferrin internalization in mice.

Phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein (PICALM), also known as clathrin assembly lymphoid myeloid leukemia protein (CALM), was originally isolated as part of the fusion gene CALM/AF10, which results from the chromosomal translocation t(10;11)(p13;q14).CALM is sufficient to drive clathrin assembly in vitro on lipid monolayers and reg

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