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Genetic polymorphism in leaf-cutting ants is phenotypically plastic.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jul 2007

Hughes William O H, Boomsma Jacobus J

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Advanced societies owe their success to an efficient division of labour that, in some social insects, is based on specialized worker phenotypes. The system of caste determination in such species is therefore critical. Here, we examine in a leaf-cutting ant (Acromyrmex echinatior) how a recently discovered genetic influence on caste determination interacts with the social environment. By removing most of one...

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PMID: 17301017
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0347
PMCID: PMC2169285

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