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Genet. mol. res. (Online) ; 7(2): 559-566, 2008. tab, ilus
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-640981

RESUMEN

We have been able to discriminate different castes and sexes of ants in the same colony by measuring cuticular hydrocarbon levels with Fourier transform infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy, compared by canonical discriminant function analysis. We have now applied this methodology to various colonies of two species of ants of the genus Ectatomma in the Brazilian Cerrado. There were clear interspecific differences in cuticular hydrocarbons of these ants, with a small intraspecific variation. The differences between colonies were greater in E. brunneum than in E. vizottoi. Genetic differences among the colonies and species were well estimated by Fourier transform infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy and statistical analyses.


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Animales , Hormigas/química , Hidrocarburos/análisis , Proteínas de Insectos/química , Brasil , Proteínas de Insectos/análisis , Especificidad de la Especie , Espectroscopía Infrarroja por Transformada de Fourier
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Genet. mol. res. (Online) ; 6(3): 492-499, 2007. ilus, tab, graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-498923

RESUMEN

Fourier transform-infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy was applied for the first time, to our knowledge, to distinguish different castes of an ant species. The method was applied directly to the abdomen of queens, workers and males of Ectatomma vizottoi ants, without any special sample preparation. The absorption bands of secondary amide and hydrocarbons were identified; using these as variables in a canonical discriminant analysis we found significant differences between the castes. Queens have a greater hydrocarbon content than do workers and males, which is related to their function in the colony. This technique can be used to analyze and distinguish small chemical differences in biological systems, even in opaque samples.


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Animales , Masculino , Femenino , Hormigas , Conducta Animal , Feromonas/metabolismo , Hidrocarburos/química , Espectrofotometría Infrarroja/métodos , Espectrofotometría/métodos , Hidrocarburos/metabolismo , Análisis Multivariante , Conducta Social , Espectroscopía Infrarroja por Transformada de Fourier
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