Ants will discover the aging process in humans

Dr. Danny Reinberg, of New York University, was awarded the ants' epigenetics research to help determine the impact of lifestyle and environment on genes.

Ants will help scientists discover the genetic mechanism of aging and the basis of behavior. Research results can be interpreted for other species, including humans.

' Ants live for a long time, they have social life and they have behavioral patterns appropriate to their functions in the population, whether it be worker ants, soldier ants or queens' - Dr. Reinberg, Professor Biochemistry School of Medicine, University of New York says - 'It seems that it is perfectly appropriate to study how epigenetic inheritance affects behavior and aging '.

Ant species are species that have social life and behavioral patterns appropriate to the role of each individual in the herd. (Photo: Internet).

According to Dr. Reinberg, there may be two roles in ant populations: Reproduction or non-reproduction. Different reproductive roles make a big difference in the lifespan of queens and worker ants . The queen does not have to do anything every day and only the sole task is to give birth to a child, so the queen lives 10 times longer than the worker.

Due to differences in aging and behavior, some areas of the brain ants, such as the visual system, do not develop as in worker ants. Even the two types of ants in the early stages of life are surprisingly similar, but then, by being divided into two different tasks in the flock, they become completely different about the way of life (behavior) and aging. chemical. The difference between the two ant species has the same starting point shown on their brains. Reinberg, a biochemist at the University of New York, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher, Reinberg, chaired the project, hoping that identifying genetic changes would be easier than change in preference. suspect a special social role in the ant community.

Due to the significance of the topic, Dr. Reinberg's group, supported by an additional $ 10 million, raised the total budget to $ 40 million for 8 groups in four years. He said: ' I really believe this project will open a door for my 20 years of coming here .'

Ants are the perfect object to study how epigenetic heretics affect aging. (Photo: Internet).

Dr. Reinberg and colleagues' first goal is to complete the sequencing of genes in the genome of three types of ants. This will test whether the change in the brain is the result of living in special environments, thereby creating very basic, epigenetic differences in life expectancy and behavior. Assembly and brain aging between queen and worker ants.

Dr. Reinberg concludes: " If these changes are genetically genetically engineered with genes, that's what our team has discovered in ants. Although the changes are not fully understood. Whether this genetics decides to act or not, I myself believe yes '.