Báo cáo khoa học: Oocyte membrane localization of vitellogenin receptor coincides with queen flying age, and receptor silencing by RNAi disrupts egg formation in fire ant virgin queens

Oocyte membrane localization of vitellogenin receptor coincides with queen flying age, and receptor silencing by RNAi disrupts egg formation in fire ant virgin queens Hsiao-Ling Lu, S. B. Vinson and Patricia V. Pietrantonio Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA Keywords insect ovary; insect reproduction; oocyte development; RNA interference; social insects Correspondence P. V. Pietrantonio, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2475, USA Fax: +1 979 845 6305 Tel: +1 979 845 9728 E-mail: p-pietrantonio@tamu.edu Website: http://insects.tamu.edu/people/ faculty/pietrantoniop.cfm (Received 13 March 2009, revised 27 March 2009, accepted 30 March 2009) doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07029.x In ant species in which mating flights...