New findings challenge popular explanation for why a social insect becomes a worker or queen

Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Many scientists have come to believe that DNA methylation, a mode of genetic regulation in which chemical tags turn genes on or off, is involved in determining an insect’s caste. However, a new study of ants finds no evidence to support this role for methylation. More »

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