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The making of soldier ants
Pheidole soldier (left) and minor worker (right). Photo © Alex Wild, used by permission (https://www.alexanderwild.com/) Ants regulate the growth of seemingly ‘useless’ organ to make huge soldiers Scientists solve a problem that troubled Charles Darwin – the diversity in the size and scaling of worker ants. They identify mechanism underlying development of soldier ants & maintenance of balance among worker castes Crucial role played by seemingly unimportant rudimentary “organ” which appears transiently during the development of soldier ants Rudimentary “organs” are tissues that appear only...
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