In our newest publication, published in PLOS ONE, we show that the zombie ant fungus Ophiocordyceps kimflemingiae has a functional biological clock and that this results in the oscillation of a whole suite of genes. Interestingly, certain genes are mainly expressed during the daytime, while others are active during the nighttime.
UCF’s College of Science News wrote a short piece about it. This work was also mentioned by Gizmodo and C-Net.com, which covered the latest publication in PNAS from our colleagues from the Hughes Lab at Penn State.
