First mutant ants shed light on evolution of social behavior

Thursday, August 10, 2017 - 18:32 in Biology & Nature

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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