A caste differentiation mutant elucidates the evolution of socially parasitic ants

Publication information:

Waring Trible, Vikram Chandra, Kip D. Lacy, Gina Limón, Sean K. McKenzie, Leonora Olivos-Cisneros, Samuel V. Arsenault, and Daniel J. C. Kronauer. 2023. “A Caste Differentiation Mutant Elucidates the Evolution of Socially Parasitic Ants”. Current Biology, 33, Pp. 1-12

Abstract

This 7-year project isolates and characterizes the first ant caste mutant. Press coverage included: 

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