Sunday, 27 August 2017

First mutant ants shed light on evolution of social behavior


Date: August 10, 2017
Source: Rockefeller University

Summary:
Scientists disrupted a gene essential for sensing pheromones, resulting in severe deficiencies in the ants' social behaviors and their ability to survive within a colony.


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