'Worm speak' uses chemicals to communicate
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 06:30
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- A species of small, transparent roundworms have a highly evolved language in which they combine chemical fragments to create precise molecular messages that control social behavior, reports a new study from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) at Cornell and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).