Study: Nature, nurture control ant caste
Monday, August 25, 2008 - 14:56
in Biology & Nature
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors determines whether some ants grow to become queens or workers.
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