Brain Vs. Brawn In Carpenter Ants: A Chromatin Epigenetic Tale

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 14:50 in Biology & Nature

Genome sequences of seven well-studied ant species give researchers a detailed look at molecular mechanisms - including what may be a basis for complex behavioral differences in two worker castes in the Florida carpenter ant, Camponotus floridanus - basically, epigenetics.  read more

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